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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