Tales from the Decameron

by Giovanni Boccaccio

Genres: Fiction, Medieval

Paperback

Published October 1, 2015

About the author

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular. Boccaccio is particularly notable for his dialogue, of which it has been said that it surpasses in verisimilitude that of just about all of his contemporaries, since they were medieval writers and often followed formulaic models for character and plot.

Reviews

[Muriel]

Eeeee I had so much fun!!! Some of the stories had me kicking my feet up and giggling and hitting things around me. It’s cool because this book was actually so saucy and kinda a slutty read but since it’s 700 years old I still felt cultured.

Also SO cool to read the original “Isabella and the Pot of Basil” !!! I love that painting

[addie beck]

read for class. LOVED!! some wild stories but so fun!

[Massimo]

Fun