| Decameron Selected Tales / Decameron Novelle Scelte: A Dual-Language Book Contributor(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (Author), Appelbaum, Stanley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486414329 ISBN-13: 9780486414324 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $11.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2011 Annotation: From one of the great literary classics of the world -- a carefully chosen selection of 20 stories told by ten young people who have retreated to the countryside to escape the plague raging in 14th-century Florence. Includes "The Pot of Basil," "Patient Griselda," and the bawdy "Putting the Devil Back in Hell." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00056994 |
| Series: Dual-Language Book |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.75 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A masterpiece of world literature, most likely written between 1349 and 1351, The Decameron alternates between tragedy and comedy in its sweeping view of life. Comprising 100 tales told by ten young people who have retreated to the countryside to escape the plague raging through fourteenth-century Florence, the work is a perfect example of classic Italian prose. This volume contains a carefully chosen selection of 20 of its best-known tales, including those that inspired later works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Gotthold Lessing, Keats, and other writers. Spiced with humor, rich dialogue, and colorful characters, the stories range from earthy satires to morality tales, from accounts of adulterous love and passion to suspenseful narratives of murder and revenge. Among them are such favorites as "The Pot of Basil," "Patient Griselda," the bawdy "Putting the Devil Back in Hell," "A Wager over Virtue," "The Stone of Invisibility," and "The Wild Hunt." For this dual-language edition, Stanley Appelbaum has provided an informative, thoughtful introduction and excellent new English translations on pages facing the Italian original. Sure to delight students of Italian language and literature, the volume will appeal as well to readers interested in classic medieval stories. |