The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio
The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio
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The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

Narrator: Simon Russell

Unabridged: 28 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 09/11/2017

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.

About Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. As a writer he is particularly notable for the verisimilitude of his dialogue, in an age when most writers followed formulaic models for character and plot.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Patrick on August 20, 2021

2021-08-20 Just finished the book, finally. The few extra stories toward the end of the book that I just read were not as positive as the earlier ones. By that I mean, I did not think they were as realistic &/or promoted good values for healthy and productive lives. One was downright awful, in that i......more

Goodreads review by Realini on December 10, 2024

The Decameron – Selected Novels by Giovanni Boccaccio – this work is included on the list of Greatest 100 Novels of All Time – another look at it is at [URL not allowed] 8 out of 10 I am reading, indeed, finishing soon The Delta of Venus [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Fábio on April 25, 2019

Que edição incrível da Cosac Naify! O papel, a tipografia, a mancha e as iluminuras buscam recuperar o que era esse livro quando foi publicado, na Idade Média, em pleno surto da peste. É uma verdadeira obra de arte. A seleção das chamadas “novelas” que compõem essa antologia é bastante variada quanto......more

Goodreads review by João on August 16, 2016

Decameron significa "dez dias" que é o tempo que dez jovens inventados por Boccaccio ficam numa casa do campo para fugir à peste negra entretendo-se a contar histórias uns aos outros para passar o tempo. Os contos surgem na primeira pessoa, como que dirigidos a nós, sendo alguns contos populares pas......more

Goodreads review by Martin on March 29, 2014

Quizá ésta sea la colección de cuentos más famosa del mundo, después de "Las Mil y Una Noches". Escrito hacia 1350, justo al final de la Edad Media, el libro está integrado por cien cuentos que diez protagonistas relatan cada noche, mientras dura su retiro en una villa donde se refugiaron de la pest......more