The Containing an hundred pleasant Novels Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313-1375 creator Florio, John 1553?-1625 text utu 2016 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Decameron (Day 6 to Day 10)" 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 time telling tales. This frame story encompasses 100 narratives ranging from erotic love to tragedy, wit to practical jokes. The stories mock clergy greed, explore lust and ambition across genders, examine class tensions, and follow merchant adventures. Written in vernacular Florentine, the work satirizes medieval allegory while entertaining with life lessons and comedy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron Release date is 2016-07-22 Produced by Clare Graham and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.) Original publication data not identified Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction Storytelling -- Fiction Allegories Frame stories PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52618 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52618 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134219.0 52618