THE DECAMERON of Giovanni Boccaccio: Newly translated from the Italan by Frances Winwar wth an Introduction by Burton Rascoe, 2 viks,
by Boccaccio, Giovanni
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"It is a very fortunate thing for all of us that there is a DECAMERON to counter-poise THE DIVINE COMEDY. ... In making the present translation for this edition Frances Winwar, herself a novelist, has endeavored to render Boccaccio's fluid Tusdan vernacular into a correspoindingly simple and fluid conversational English - B. Rascoe." The 7th book from the LEC.
Synopsis
In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside. They amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days they are destined to remain there - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied with abstract concepts of morality or religion than earthly values, the tales range from the bawdy Peronella hiding her lover in a tub to Ser Cepperallo, who, despite his unholy effrontery, becomes a Saint. The result is a towering monument of European literature and a masterpiece of imaginative narrative.
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- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
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- 0009386
- Title
- THE DECAMERON of Giovanni Boccaccio
- Author
- Boccaccio, Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Boccaccio, decameron, burton rascoe,
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