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The Decameron (Penguin Classics) Book
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Foyles
A seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, the Penguin Classics edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is translated with an introduction by G.H. McWilliam. In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella, hiding her lover in a tub, to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative. This is the second edition of G.H. McWilliam's acclaimed translation of the Decameron. In his introduction McWilliam illuminates the worlds of Boccaccio and of his storytellers, showing Boccaccio as a master of vivid and exciting prose fiction. Boccaccio (1313-75) was an Italian writer of both verse and prose. He wrote The Decameron over a period of ten years, and is also the author of Teseide and Filostrato. If you enjoyed The Decameron, you might like Dante's Inferno, also available in Penguin Classics. 'McWilliam's finest work, his translation of Boccaccio's Decameron remains one of the most successful and lauded books in the series'The Times
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BookDepository
The Decameron : Paperback : Penguin Books Ltd : 9780140449303 : 0140449302 : 01 May 2003 : In the summer of 1348, as the "Black Death"" ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. In this title, the characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure."
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ASDA
In the summer of 1348 as the Black Death ravages their city ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love adventure and surprising twists of fate.
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Waterstones
In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventur
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Blackwell
Translated with an Introduction and Notes by G. H. McWilliam A seminal work of European literature that has inspired writers from Chaucer to Shakespeare, the Penguin Classics edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron is translated with an...
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Penguin
'Ever since the world began, men have been subject to various tricks of Fortune' In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside.
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Pickabook
Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliam, G.H. McWilliam (Trans)
- 0140449302
- 9780140449303
- Giovanni Boccaccio, George Henry McWilliam
- 27 March 2003
- Penguin Classics
- Paperback (Book)
- 1072
- Rev Ed
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