The Decameron

Name: The Decameron
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
ISBN: 9781669697213

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Narrator: Aryell Alkire

Unabridged: 22 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sekta

Published: 11/12/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections, Ancient

Synopsis

Set during the Black Death, The Decameron is a collection of 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men, hunkered down in self-imposed quarantine as they waited out the pandemic plague then sweeping through Florence.The stories of The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic to the comic, from frivolous practical jokes to meaningful life lessons. One of the most literary significant and influential works of European literature, it is considered to be a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose.

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valeriu on August 31, 2024

Cine n-a citit Decameronul n-ar face deloc rău să-l răsfoiască acum. E momentul cel mai potrivit. Boccaccio a redactat cartea după epidemia de ciumă din 1347-1348, opera a circulat în manuscris, într-un cerc restrîns, dar prima ei ediție s-a tipărit abia în 1470. Decameronul a intrat numaidecît în „......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on January 29, 2019

Amazing. I'm utterly flabbergasted by how good this is. Forty years before The Canterbury Tales took England by storm, a little tiny place called Italy was having a full-blown RENAISSANCE. So why the hell have I been avoiding all these fantastic pieces of art, anyway? Because they're in Italian? For......more

Goodreads review by Olga on February 01, 2025

'The Decameron' must have been a major breakthrough in the 14th century promoting realism and humanistic values, placing the primary focus on a human being, his/her virtues and limitations. When we read these stories today, in the 21st century, certain norms of the medieval society make us frown, es......more