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The Decameron
The Decameron
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Start date
October 1, 2021
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December 31, 2021
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Old School Classics, Pre-1915
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2021 Fourth Quarter Long Read Oct 1 - Dec 31

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Theresa
Apr 13, 2015 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I would just like to share one of my favorite blurbs: (there is one before each story)

"Two men are intimate friends, and one goes to bed with the other's wife: when the other man discovers this, he arranges with his wife to lock the first man inside a chest, upon which he makes love to the wife of the man who is trapped inside."


This is the tone of most of the "good" stories in here. And when the story is good, it's pretty hilarious.

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