Giovanni Boccaccio

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Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist in his own right and author of a number of notable works including the Decameron, On Famous Women, and his poetry in the Italian vernacular. Boccaccio is particularly notable for his dialogue, of which it has been said that it surpasses in verisimilitude that of just about all of his contemporaries, since they were medieval writers and often followed formulaic models for character and plot.

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Average rating: 3.80 · 6,903 ratings · 370 reviews · 162 distinct works

	The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliam (Editor, Translator, Introduction), G. H. McWilliam (Annotations) 3.81 avg rating — 6,524 ratings — published 1351 — 253 editions	My rating:
	The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love by Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliam (Translator) 3.48 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Decameron: Selected Tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, Dover Thrift Editions, Bob Blaisdell (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio, J.G. Nichols (Translator), A.N. Wilson (Foreword by) 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1904 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio, Mariangela Causa-Steindler (Translation), Thomas Mauch (Translation) 3.62 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Famous Women by Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown (Translator) 3.62 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1374 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio, Richard Aldington (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — 7 editions	My rating:
	Il Decamerone Di Giovanni Boccacio V2: Con Spiegazioni Tratte Dai Migliori Commentarj (1849) 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1353 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Il Decameron Di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio, Volumes 1-2 by Giovanni Boccaccio, Pierre Louis Ginguené 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	El Decamerón 1 3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1353 — 18 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Giovanni Boccaccio

“You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.”
― Giovanni Boccaccio

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“Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.”
― Giovanni Boccaccio

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“To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find it in others. ”
― Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

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