The Decameron
Unabridged Edition with FootnotesBy Giovanni Boccaccio
Length30h 30m
About this audiobook
It is 1348: as the plague rages in Florence, ten young people flee to the countryside, and to pass the time pleasantly—and perhaps to forget the horror—they each tell a story over the course of ten days. This is the well-known “framework” that encompasses the most famous collection of short stories in European literature. The Decameron is, in fact, a masterpiece that still captivates readers with its variety of tones—sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic—and its ability to depict the infinite variety of life. Stories on any theme, tales with happy endings, and love stories—whether fortunate or tragic—alternate with examples of magnanimity, pranks and mockery, and heroic deeds, in a grand secular and profane epic of medieval man.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Poetry
Length30 hrs 30 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
26THE FIRST STORY
2Proem
27THE SECOND STORY
3Day the First
28THE THIRD STORY
4THE FIRST STORY
29THE FOURTH STORY
5THE SECOND STORY
30THE FIFTH STORY
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6THE THIRD STORY
31THE SIXTH STORY
7THE FOURTH STORY
32THE SEVENTH STORY
8THE FIFTH STORY
33THE EIGHTH STORY
9THE SIXTH STORY
34THE NINTH STORY
10THE SEVENTH STORY
35THE TENTH STORY
11THE EIGHTH STORY
36Day the Fourth
12THE NINTH STORY
37THE FIRST STORY
13THE TENTH STORY
38THE SECOND STORY
14Day the Second
39THE THIRD STORY
15THE FIRST STORY
40THE FOURTH STORY
16THE SECOND STORY
41THE FIFTH STORY
17THE THIRD STORY
42THE SIXTH STORY
18THE FOURTH STORY
43THE SEVENTH STORY
19THE FIFTH STORY
44THE EIGHTH STORY
20THE SIXTH STORY
45THE NINTH STORY
21THE SEVENTH STORY
46THE TENTH STORY
22THE EIGHTH STORY
47Day the Fifth
23THE NINTH STORY
48THE FIRST STORY
24THE TENTH STORY
49THE SECOND STORY
25Day the Third
50THE THIRD STORY
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