Tales from the Decameron

Tales from the Decameron
ISBN-10
0141191333
ISBN-13
9780141191331
Category
Fiction
Pages
352
Language
English
Published
2015-10-01
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Author
Giovanni Boccaccio

Description

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.

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