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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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Tales from the Decameron. Das Dekameron, englische Ausgabe, Giovanni Boccaccio
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- Released
- 2015
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Released
- 2015
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0141191333
- ISBN13
- 9780141191331
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Classics, Stories, Southern Europe, Italy, Required Reading, Narration, Renaissance, Renaissance (Literature)
- First published
- 1353
- Original title
- Decamerone
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- 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