The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10)
by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
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- 11 hours to read
- 5 chapters
- Reading level: 10th to 12th grade
"The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10)" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written between 1348 and 1353. Ten young people flee plague-ridden Florence to a countryside villa, where they pass time telling tales. This frame story encompasses 100 narratives ranging from erotic love to tragedy, wit to practical jokes. The stories mock clergy greed, explore lust and ambition across genders, examine class tensions, and follow merchant adventures. Written in vernacular Florentine, the work satirizes medieval allegory while entertaining with life lessons and comedy.
- Plague · Europe · History
- Storytelling
- Allegories
- Frame stories
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The Decameron
CONTAINING
An hundred pleasant Novels.
Wittily discoursed, betweene seven Honourable Ladies, and three Noble Gentlemen.
The last Five Dayes.
London, Printed by
Isaac Jaggard,
1620.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE Sir PHILLIP HERBERT, Knight, Lord Baron of Sherland, Earle of Montgomery, and Knight of the most Noble order of the Garter.
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This free edition of The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10) by Giovanni Boccaccio comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #52618, released 2016-07-22. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Short Stories, Classics of Literature.
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