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In Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron, cruelty and the macabre abound the world of the protagonists. The ten people escaping the bubonic plague ridden streets of Florence ...more...]]> 51800 0451528662 9780451528667 119 12 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170382744m/51800.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51800.The_Decameron 3 2 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 00:25:08 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 01:12:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 51799 0140449302 9780140449303 1393 132 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255789335m/51799.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51799.The_Decameron 4 2 false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu May 03 21:00:53 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 07 11:24:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 51799 0140449302 9780140449303 1393 132 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255789335m/51799.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51799.The_Decameron 3 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:37:18 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 11:54:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 51799 0140449302 9780140449303 1393 132 3.91 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255789335m/51799.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51799.The_Decameron 0 1 false Sat Jul 25 13:57:18 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 13:57:42 -0700 2009
Bawdy tales of love, February 18, 2009
This was required reading for a graduate course in medieval history.
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Same premise, people tell stories. Except this time, it's a bunch a rich nobles hanging out at a castle for the spring or something.

It was long, difficult, allegorical, and not as good as the Canterbury Tales.


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