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Inspired by the Black Plague that devastated Europe in the mid-1300s, Boccaccio's collection of tales is an enormously influential literary masterpiece with a sly humor and irreverence that will appeal to modern readers. In the hopes of avoiding the plague, a group of ten wealthy young men and women decamp to a country villa on the outskirts of Florence. Once there, they decide to amuse themselves with a storytelling competition of sorts, with each attendee offering one tale each day for a period of ten days. The stories are by turns ribald, tragic and everything in between.
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Table of contents
- THE DECAMERON
- Contents
- Introduction
- Proem
- FIRST DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- SECOND DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- THIRD DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- FOURTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- FIFTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- SIXTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- SEVENTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- EIGHTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- NINETH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- TENTH DAY
- Novel I
- Novel II
- Novel III
- Novel IV
- Novel V
- Novel VI
- Novel VII
- Novel VIII
- Novel IX
- Novel X
- The Author's Epilogue
- Endnotes