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Giovanni Boccaccio
Tales from the Decameron [EPUB ebook]

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Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective – these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio’s Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation.This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio’s masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as ‘Isabella and the Pot of Basil’ (famously adapted by Keats) and ‘Patient Griselda’ alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141927503 ● Translator Peter Hainsworth ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 4512549 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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