Il Trecentonovelle

by Franco Sacchetti

La più importante opera narrativa del XIV secolo dopo il Decameron, il Trecentonovelle, unisce alla gioiosa naturalezza dei dialoghi e agli effetti comici e bizzarri considerazioni morali e meditazioni più serie. Qualcosa in più di una risata legata a un motto di spirito, talvolta sguaiato e popolaresco, si accompagna alle piccole vicende ambientate a Firenze o nei luoghi d'Italia che il Sacchetti conobbe nel corso delle sue peregrinazioni. In un divertente mondo popolato di buffoni, giullari, artisti, monaci, imbroglioni, gentiluomini fiorentini, gli inganni inattesi, le zuffe e i parapiglia si fondono alle riflessioni sull'ingiustizia, sulla corruzione dei tempi, sulla fortuna, sui vizi e le virtù umani.

Genres: Italian Literature

Paperback

First published January 1, 1400

About the author

Franco Sacchetti (c. 1335 – c. 1400) was an Italian poet and novelist.

He wrote sonnets, canzoni, madrigals, and other poems; his best known works are however his Novelle (short stories). They were originally 300 in number, but today only 258 remain, the rest having been lost. They were not fitted into any framework like that of Boccaccio's Decameron. The best of them are of a humorous character; and their style is more simple and colloquial than Boccaccio's. The story given as a specimen probably exists (under one form or another) in the folk tales of every European nation.

Reviews

[Rodica · Rating 5 out of 5]

A funny chronicle of ordinary and famous Florence people from 14th century told by their friend and neighbour Franco Sacchetti himself.
Resemble the Decameron of Boccaccio, but in a simpler and humorous manner.