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Giovanni Boccaccio

Born

Certaldo, Italy

Died

September 24, 1375

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Dante Alighieri, Petrarch ...more

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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: 3.81 · 52,552 ratings · 3,521 reviews · 1,827 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Decameron 3.88 avg rating — 43,433 ratings — published 1349 — 1941 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mrs Rosie and the Priest (Penguin Little Black Classics, #1) 3.25 avg rating — 3,844 ratings — published 1353 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Decamerón, Vol. 1 3.80 avg rating — 991 ratings — published 1353 — 441 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Decameron: Selected Tales by Giovanni Boccaccio, Bob Blaisdell (Editor) 3.77 avg rating — 932 ratings — published 1353 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio, J.G. Nichols (Translator), A.N. Wilson (Foreword by) 3.86 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1360 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love by Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliam (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 376 ratings — published 1353 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta by Giovanni Boccaccio, Mariangela Causa-Steindler (Translation), Thomas Mauch (Translation) 3.39 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1343 — 150 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sokół 3.32 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 1895 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Famous Women 3.39 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1362 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Histórias Eróticas by Giovanni Boccaccio, Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (Translator) 3.29 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1999 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Decameron (2 books)
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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

tags: boccaccio, clarity, mind, power, read

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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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“Nothing is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person if the proper words are used to convey it.”
― Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron

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Polls

2017 4th Quarter Long Read

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, 672 pages, 1859

45 votes, 14.8%

The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages, 800

41 votes, 13.4%

East of Eden by John Steinbeck. 601 pages, 1952

38 votes, 12.5%

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, 973 pages, 1989

22 votes, 7.2%

The Red and the Black by Stendhal, 608 pages, 1830

21 votes, 6.9%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 867 pages, 1847

19 votes, 6.2%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 909 pages, 1353

16 votes, 5.2%

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages, 1957

16 votes, 5.2%

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1079 pages, 1966

15 votes, 4.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1182 pages, 1008

13 votes, 4.3%

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, 801 pages, 1865

12 votes, 3.9%

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, 975 pages, 1749

10 votes, 3.3%

All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren, 661 pages, 1946

9 votes, 3.0%

A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth, 1474 pages, 1993

8 votes, 2.6%

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey, 640 pages, 1964

8 votes, 2.6%

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages, 1978

6 votes, 2.0%

The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, 896 pages, 1971

4 votes, 1.3%

Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr., 1088 pages, 1948

2 votes, 0.7%

305 total votes

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