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A review by blueyorkie
Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
3.0
Decameron is a set of one hundred novels in which Boccaccio tells the story of seven women and three men who, fleeing the plague in 1348, retire to the countryside near Florence. For ten days, everyone tells a story. And, between one journey and another, the story of the ten adventurers unfolds. First, there is the structure' basis of the Decameron; from then on, novels began to teach (a total of one hundred) unrelated to the story of its ten narrators, who are the main characters of the Decameron.
These novels – sentimental, satirical, tragic or licentious – portray life in the 15th century in a style that has become a model in Italian prose.
Boccaccio is considered the creator of Italian prose. However, the circumstances of his birth are not known. Earlier biographies thought him Parisian (his mother was probably French), but Italian Romantics believed he was born in Tuscany (like his father).
These novels – sentimental, satirical, tragic or licentious – portray life in the 15th century in a style that has become a model in Italian prose.
Boccaccio is considered the creator of Italian prose. However, the circumstances of his birth are not known. Earlier biographies thought him Parisian (his mother was probably French), but Italian Romantics believed he was born in Tuscany (like his father).