Publisher Description
This Middle-English flavored translation contains 50 stories told by seven ladies and three young gentlemen who leave Florence during the plague to reside on a palatial estate near Fiesole. The tales are mainly concerned with love affairs, unfaithfulness and lust, often involving members of the clergy, which may amuse or raise the eyebrows.
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About Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. As a writer he is particularly notable for the verisimilitude of his dialogue, in an age when most writers followed formulaic models for character and plot.