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by Giovanni Boccaccio


Decameron - Adobe Reader PDF eBook

The Decameron ~~ Adobe Reader PDF eBook

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Decameron - Adobe Reader PDF eBook

The Decameron ~~ Adobe Reader PDF eBook

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Windows 98SE+, Mac OS X+, Palm

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Decameron - Adobe Reader PDF eBook

The Decameron ~~ Adobe Reader PDF eBook

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Windows 98SE+, Mac OS X+, Palm

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Decameron - Microsoft Reader eBook

Decameron ~~ Microsoft Reader eBook

Microsoft Reader eBook

Language
Italian

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Windows 98+, Tablet PC, Pocket PC 2003

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Decameron - Microsoft Reader eBook

The Decameron ~~ Microsoft Reader eBook

Microsoft Reader eBook

Platforms
Windows 98+, Tablet PC, Pocket PC 2003

Features
ClearType, advanced navigation, search, personal library, bookmarks, notes, and drawing.

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Decameron - Microsoft Reader eBook

The Decameron ~~ Microsoft Reader eBook

Microsoft Reader eBook

Platforms
Windows 98+, Tablet PC, Pocket PC 2003

Features
ClearType, advanced navigation, search, personal library, bookmarks, notes, and drawing.

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Decameron - Mobipocket eBook

Decameron ~~ Mobipocket eBook

Mobipocket eBook

Language
German

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Windows PC, Palm, Pocket PC, eBookMan, SmartPhones, and more.

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Easy to install, Very Compatible, Touch-screen page turning, Bookmarks, Adjustable font size and color, Search.

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Decameron - Mobipocket eBook

Decameron ~~ Mobipocket eBook

Mobipocket eBook

Language
Deutsch

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Features
Easy to install, Very Compatible, Touch-screen page turning, Bookmarks, Adjustable font size and color, Search.

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Decameron - Mobipocket eBook

The Decameron ~~ Mobipocket eBook

Mobipocket eBook

Platforms
Windows PC, Palm, Pocket PC, eBookMan, SmartPhones, and more.

Features
Easy to install, Very Compatible, Touch-screen page turning, Bookmarks, Adjustable font size and color, Search.

Availability:
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Decameron - Mobipocket eBook

The Decameron ~~ Mobipocket eBook

Mobipocket eBook

Platforms
Windows PC, Palm, Pocket PC, eBookMan, SmartPhones, and more.

Features
Easy to install, Very Compatible, Touch-screen page turning, Bookmarks, Adjustable font size and color, Search.

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The Decameron Summary

Alla terribile peste fiorentina del 1348 è legata l'invenzione del Decameron, raccolta di cento novelle distribuite in dieci giornate, come suggerisce il titolo stesso ricalcato sull'Hexaemeron di Sant'Ambrogio. L'autore immagina che sette fanciulle e tre giovani, in seguito al diffondersi del contagio, decidano di abbandonare la città e trovino rifugio in una villa del contado fiorentino, dove trascorrono il tempo fra canti, balli e altri svaghi. Ogni pomeriggio, fatta eccezione per il venerdì e il sabato che sono dedicati a pratiche religiose, i giovani si radunano per raccontare novelle, una ciascuno, eleggendo ogni giorno un re o una regina che a turno stabilisce il tema della giornata (la prima e la nona giornata sono a tema libero): si ragiona dell'amore, della fortuna e dell'ingegno, di cortesia e liberalità. Il Decameron, che Boccaccio compose in un arco di tempo che va dal 1348 al 1354, incontrò fin dal suo apparire un successo straordinario, attestandosi nei secoli avvenire come il punto di riferimento di tutta la narrativa europea. Testo di riferimento: G. Boccaccio, Decameron, a cura di V. Branca, in Tutte le opere di G. Boccaccio, IV, Milano, Mondadori, 1976.

Giovanni Boccaccio - Decameron (Neu bearbeitet von Klabund). - Zweite, ?berarbeitete Ausgabe von Palmbyte (2003).

"Gracious Ladies, so often as I consider with my selfe, and observe respectively, how naturally you are enclined to compassion; as many times doe I acknowledge, that this present worke of mine, will (in your judgement) appeare to have but a harsh and offensive beginning, in regard of the mournfull remembrance it beareth at the verie entrance of the last Pestilentiall mortality, universally hurtfull to all that beheld it, or otherwise came to knowledge of it."

Source for the Canterbury Tales, and may have inspired (I think), The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Alan Poe. I'm not sure who the translator is for this one (complete version, however.)

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The Decameron




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