The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - Giovanni Boccaccio

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Release Date: 2010-07-08

Genre: Philosophy

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The Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. The Decameron played a part in the history of the novel and was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1351. This work opens with a description of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) and leads into an introduction of a group of seven young women and three young men who fled from plague-ridden Florence for a villa outside of the city walls. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for every one of the ten nights spent at the villa. 
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio - Giovanni Boccaccio

By Giovanni Boccaccio

Release Date: 2010-07-08

Genre: Philosophy

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The Decameron is structured in a frame narrative, or frame tale. The Decameron played a part in the history of the novel and was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio in 1351. This work opens with a description of the Bubonic Plague (Black Death) and leads into an introduction of a group of seven young women and three young men who fled from plague-ridden Florence for a villa outside of the city walls. To pass the time, each member of the party tells one story for every one of the ten nights spent at the villa. 
 Pineal: Xt Open Your Third Eye

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