The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio is a groundbreaking psychological narrative that gives voice to one of literature's earliest and most compelling female protagonists. Written in the 14th century, this remarkable work stands apart from traditional medieval storytelling by placing the emotional and interior life of a woman at its center, creating an intimate portrait of love, betrayal, longing, and despair. Presented as a first-person monologue, the narrative unfolds through...

In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly v...

"Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation. . . . I celebrate his accomplishment."—Edith GrossmanThe year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines—seven women and three men—escape the plague-infested city and retreat to the countryside around Fiesole. At their leisure in this isolated and bucolic setting, they spend ten days telling each other stories—tales of romance, tragedy, comedy, and farce—one hun...

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Filocolo by Giovanni Boccaccio - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Giovanni Boccaccio’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of ...

Giovanni Boccaccio's ‘The Decameron,’ written in the middle of the 14th century, consists of 100 tales, and is one of the most celebrated literary works of the Renaissance. Constructed as a series of “frame stories,” or stories within a story, the narrative follows seven young women and three young men who take refuge in a secluded villa outside Florence in order to escape the Black Death. During ten evenings of their stay, each of the travelers takes turns as storyteller to pass the time....

Riveting questions about love and all the finer emotions thereof are presented in the book. Each question is followed by a love story and a debate upon it. The stories are judged by the Queen of love. Engrossing!

Ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside from the Black Death and tell stories to pass the time. From the unfaithful wife who unwittingly eats her lover’s heart to the sly peasant plotting to seduce a whole nunnery, these are tales of lust, adventure and unexpected twists of fate.United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love’s endlessly fascinating possibil...

INSPIRATION FOR THE NETFLIX SERIES • In the summer of 1348, with the plague ravaging Florence, ten young men and women take refuge in the countryside, where they entertain themselves with tales of love, death, and corruption, featuring a host of characters, from lascivious clergymen and mad kings to devious lovers and false miracle-makers.J. G. Nichols’s new translation, faithful to the original but rendered in eminently readable modern English, captures the timele...

The medieval masterpiece that shaped the modern short story — a hundred tales of wit, desire, and fortune told against the shadow of the Black Death. Florence, 1348: as plague ravages the city, seven young women and three young men flee to a secluded villa in the countryside. To pass the days, each tells one story every evening for ten days — a hundred tales in all, ranging from bawdy comedy to tragic romance, from clever tricksters outwitting fools to lovers defying fate. Giovanni Boccacc...

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 c...

The Decameron is Boccaccio's great vernacular masterpiece: a frame narrative in which ten young Florentines, fleeing the Black Death of 1348, retreat to the countryside and tell one hundred tales over ten days. The stories range from bawdy farce and anticlerical satire to tragic romance, mercantile cunning, and moral exemplum, revealing a supple prose style attentive to speech, social rank, and human appetite. J. M. Rigg's popular translation helped carry this foundational work of Italian ...

The Decameron is one of the most joyful, daring, and human books ever written. Set in 14th-century Florence, it gathers ten young men and women who flee the plague to a secluded villa, where they pass the days by telling stories — a hundred tales of love, wit, deception, and fortune. Through these voices, Boccaccio captures every shade of human nature, from innocence to cunning, devotion to desire. His storytellers speak with freedom and humor, finding in laughter a way to defy despair and...