A review by sarahanne8382
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

3.0

Considering how much I loved the Canterbury Tales, it's a shame it took me this long to get around to read it's 14th century Italian predecessor. In this case, a group of ten young nobles escape The Bubonic Plague ravaging Florence and spend ten days in the country keeping each other entertained by telling stories. Yes, it is long, very long in fact, but most of the stories are entertaining, and if you like this sort of thing, it's certainly worth a look. Because it's told as a series of short stories, it was fine it was something I picked up everyone now and then.