Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio

634 pages first pub 1351 (editions)

fiction classics literary short stories adventurous funny slow-paced
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The Decameron, also called Prince Galehaut, is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology:...

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