The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Release : 2010-07-08

Genre : Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction

Kind : ebook

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The Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. The Decameron played a part in the history of the novel and was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1351. This work opens with a description of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) and leads into an introduction of a group of seven young women and three young men who fled from plague-ridden Florence for a villa outside of the city walls. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for every one of the ten nights spent at the villa. 

The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Release : 2010-07-08

Genre : Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction

Kind : ebook

(0 ratings)
The Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. The Decameron played a part in the history of the novel and was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1351. This work opens with a description of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) and leads into an introduction of a group of seven young women and three young men who fled from plague-ridden Florence for a villa outside of the city walls. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for every one of the ten nights spent at the villa. 

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