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| #21524 in Books | McWilliam, G. H./ McWilliam, G. H. (TRN) | 2003-04-29 | 2003-04-29 | Original language:Italian | PDF # 1 | 7.76 x1.90 x5.07l,1.70 | File type: PDF | 1072 pages | Penguin Books||11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Very good translation of a classic renaissance text|By Customer|This is a classic! Good translation of a classic renaissance text, containing short stories. A group of nobles (the 1% from the 14th century) gather in the country to avoid the plague, and agree to tell each other stories to pass the time. Note that the 4 questions 'lead-in" is silly: Plot:|Language Notes|Text: English, Italian (translation)|From the Back Cover|In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each o
In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each other stories—a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fortune which later inspired Chaucer, Keats and Shakespeare. While Dante is a stern moralist, Boccaccio has little time for chastity, pokes fun at crafty, hypocritical clerics and celebrates the power of passion to overcome obstacles and soci...
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