Boccaccio, Giovanni,  1313-1375 <br/><br/>
The Decameron, Volume I 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron  Release date is 2003-02-01 
<br/><br/>This etext was produced by Donna Holsten  This etext was produced by Donna Holsten 
<br/><br/> "The Decameron, Volume I" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of short stories written between 1348 and 1353. Ten young people flee plague-ridden Florence to a countryside villa, where they pass two weeks telling one hundred tales. These stories range from erotic to tragic love, clever wit, practical jokes, and life lessons. The work satirizes the clergy, explores fortune's power, and captures tensions between social classes. Written in vernacular Florentine, it became a masterpiece of early Italian prose and influenced works like Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction Storytelling -- Fiction Allegories Frame stories 
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