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THE DECAMERON
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| By: |
Giovanni Boccaccio |
| Format: |
CD-Audio |
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£12.99 |
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£10.91 |
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£2.08 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1904605893 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781904605898 |
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| Publisher: |
CSA WORD |
| Pub. date: |
10 September, 2007 |
| Edition: |
2 Audio CDs |
| Description: |
A collection of tales told from different viewpoints, probably written over a period of time, and assembled in their definitive form between 1349 and 1351. |
| Synopsis: |
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) was a foremost Italian writer and humanist, and friends with Petrarch. "The Decameron" is his most famous work, a collection of tales told from different viewpoints, probably written over a period of time, and assembled in their definitive form between 1349 and 1351. The premise: young Florentines regale one another in the Italian countryside while the black plague decimates their city. Seven young men and three young women escape to countryside villas where - to pass the time - they invent and relate many amusing stories, often with a vital and sexual element. Lively, convivial and revealing, "The Decameron" has held a lasting influence throughout European and English Literature - including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Shakespeare, Dryden and Keats too sourced ideas from this great literary figure and propagator of narrative verse. |
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2 |
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UK |
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CSA WORD |
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