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Title: De Decamerone van Boccaccio
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron
Credits: Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
Summary: "De Decamerone van Boccaccio" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of novellas written in the 14th century. This literary work comprises one hundred stories told over ten days by a group of ten young people seeking refuge from the Black Death ravaging Florence. The tales delve into themes of love, adventure, and human folly, offering a keen insight into the society of the time and encapsulating the vibrant culture of medieval Italy. The opening portion introduces the context in which the stories are told, against the backdrop of a devastating plague that leads a group of seven young women and three men to flee the city for a secluded villa. To mitigate their fears and entertain themselves, they decide to narrate various tales over ten days. The narrator reflects on the duality of life, noting how laughter can emerge from despair and how storytelling serves as a form of comfort in times of crisis. As they settle into their new environment, they form a hierarchy for storytelling, setting the stage for the rich and diverse narratives that will follow, starting with a tale about a cunning character named Sinjeur Ciappelletto. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Translator: Rensburg, J. K. (Jacques Karel), 1870-1943
EBook No.: 19591
Published: Oct 20, 2006
Downloads: 30209
Language: Dutch
Subject: Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction
Subject: Storytelling -- Fiction
Subject: Allegories
Subject: Frame-stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: De Decamerone van Boccaccio
Note: Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Decameron
Credits: Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg
Summary: "De Decamerone van Boccaccio" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of novellas written in the 14th century. This literary work comprises one hundred stories told over ten days by a group of ten young people seeking refuge from the Black Death ravaging Florence. The tales delve into themes of love, adventure, and human folly, offering a keen insight into the society of the time and encapsulating the vibrant culture of medieval Italy. The opening portion introduces the context in which the stories are told, against the backdrop of a devastating plague that leads a group of seven young women and three men to flee the city for a secluded villa. To mitigate their fears and entertain themselves, they decide to narrate various tales over ten days. The narrator reflects on the duality of life, noting how laughter can emerge from despair and how storytelling serves as a form of comfort in times of crisis. As they settle into their new environment, they form a hierarchy for storytelling, setting the stage for the rich and diverse narratives that will follow, starting with a tale about a cunning character named Sinjeur Ciappelletto. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 65.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Translator: Rensburg, J. K. (Jacques Karel), 1870-1943
EBook No.: 19591
Published: Oct 20, 2006
Downloads: 30209
Language: Dutch
Subject: Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction
Subject: Storytelling -- Fiction
Subject: Allegories
Subject: Frame-stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.