num_pages: 848
description: Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, students, artists, tradesmen, troubadours, peasants, pilgrims, servants, spendthrifts, thieves, parasites, gluttons, gamblers, police-and lovers, both faithful and faithless.Unabashedly earthy in its sensuality, The Decameron recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature.
language: English
title: The Decameron
titlecomplete: The Decameron (Signet Classics)
characters: Panfilo, Fiameta, Neifile, Emilia, Lauretta, Pampinea, Filostrato, Dioneo, Elissa, Filomena
genres: Short Stories, Historical Fiction, School, Medieval, Literature, Italian Literature, 14th Century, Italy, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 38975
places: Italy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
category: Translation
publisher: Signet Classics