Author: | Giovanni Boccaccio | ISBN: | 1230000252748 |
Publisher: | Unknown | Publication: | July 16, 2014 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Giovanni Boccaccio |
ISBN: | 1230000252748 |
Publisher: | Unknown |
Publication: | July 16, 2014 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
The Decameron is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.
The Decameron is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.