Tales from the Decameron
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni
ISBN: 9780141191331
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 201mm x 136mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Bawdy, hilarious, tragic and surprising, Boccaccio's fourteenth-century masterpiecetheDecameronis a collection of stories told by a group of young people taking refuge from plague-ridden Florence.
Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation.
This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.
ISBN: 9780141191331
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 352
Dimensions: 201mm x 136mm x 20mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Bawdy, hilarious, tragic and surprising, Boccaccio's fourteenth-century masterpiecetheDecameronis a collection of stories told by a group of young people taking refuge from plague-ridden Florence.
Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation.
This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.
