The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Boccaccio's dazzling collection of a hundred tales, told by young Florentines sheltering from the plague. Bawdy, wise, and endlessly inventive, a masterpiece of world storytelling.

At a glance As plague ravages Florence, ten young men and women flee to the countryside and pass the… What it's about The Decameron gathers a hundred tales told over ten days by a company of… Each day a theme is chosen, and each member of the party contributes a story, so that… The tales are peopled by lovers and merchants, clever servants and foolish husbands…

The Decameron gathers a hundred tales told over ten days by a company of young Florentines who have withdrawn to a country villa to escape the Black Death.