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This audiobook features sixteen tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages, The Decameron. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, sheltering themselves in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic, and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime otherworldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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Summary
Summary
This audiobook features sixteen tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages, The Decameron. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, sheltering themselves in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic, and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime otherworldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
Author
Author Bio: 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.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Classics |
| Runtime: | 4.68 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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