Tales From The Decameron

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio

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Price : 19.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780141191331
Publisher : Penguin UK
Imprint : Penguin
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Weight (g) : 0.258
Publication date : 01 December 2015
Dimensions : 198mm X 129mm X 20mm
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Availability date : 01 December 2015
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Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Bind : Paperback
Edition : 1512
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Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation. This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.