01816cam a22003613u 4500 19591 UtSlPG 20260610133445.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG nl iso639-1 PQ Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 De Decamerone van Boccaccio Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron Release date is 2006-10-20 Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg "De Decamerone van Boccaccio" 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. Their stories range from erotic to tragic, featuring clever wit, practical jokes, and life lessons. The work explores themes of love, fortune, and human nature while satirizing the clergy and church. Written in Florentine vernacular, it captures medieval Italian life and society during the Black Death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction Storytelling -- Fiction Allegories Frame stories Rensburg, J. K. (Jacques Karel), 1870-1943 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19591 60951 60951