num_pages: 833
description: The Decameron (c. 1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.
language: English
title: The Decameron
titlecomplete: The Decameron
characters: Emilia, Panfilo, Filomena, Dioneo, Lauretta, Neifile, Pampinea, Filostrato, Elissa, Fiameta
genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, 14th Century, Historical Fiction, Italian Literature, Italy, School, Medieval, Classics
ratings_count: 38992
places: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Премія імені Максима Рильського, awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: PEN Center USA Literary Award
category: Translation
publisher: Penguin Classics