Reviews - The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio

3.76 AVERAGE

essiebes020's review against another edition

4.0

Première Decamerone was een succes. Heb ik dit hele boek echt gelezen? Ja. Het is wat het is. Best leuk voor de 14e eeuw.

stanley_nolan_blog's review against another edition

4.0

Holy shit that took a long time. I decided to read a story per day, which would take 110 days. Halfway through, I took a month pause, then came back and read two to five stories per day to finish.
Please, English readers, read the modern (Rebhorn) translation. The earlier ones that follow the original Boccaccio leans more towards Chaucer than Shakespeare in its level of unreadability.

eidolon_scourge's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

minxbi's review against another edition

Zum zweiten Mal gelesen. Kann nicht sagen, dass es inhaltlich besser wurde, aber die Form wurde 100 mal mehr appreciated. Danke Boccaccio, dass du uns die Prosa geschenkt hast!

nitwit13's review against another edition

Read a few of the stories for a uni class.

p9ng's review against another edition

4.0

A great sickness has blighted the land, many are dead and more dying every day. A group of wealthy young people decide to leave the city for a country estate, where they regale each other with stories and merriment until the situation improves. Sound familiar? The city is Florence, not New York, and the date is 1348.