description: Here are 16 tales from one of the great works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled for a while the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio's answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante's Divine Comedy?
language: English
title: The Decameron
titlecomplete: The Decameron
characters: Elissa, Pampinea, Lauretta, Filomena, Panfilo, Dioneo, Filostrato, Neifile, Fiameta, Emilia
genres: Classics, Italian Literature, 14th Century, Italy, Short Stories, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 38981
places: Italy, Florence, Tuscany
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
category: Translation
publisher: Naxos Audio Books