The decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio ; translated with an introduction and notes by G. H. McWilliam.

2nd ed.

London : Penguin, 1995.

cli, 909p. : maps ; 20 cm.

Previous ed. of this translation: 1972.
Includes bibliographical references (p. cxlv-cli) and index.
Translated from the Italian.

This is a bawdy and entertaining epic of 14th century Florence. The Decameron had an enormous influence on English literature notably Chaucer, Keats, Tennyson and Shakespeare.

9780140446296 (pbk)

853 BOC

853 BOC

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