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History & Criticism
While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, a group of young people retreat to the healthful air of the countryside and amuse themselves by telling tales of romance and adventure. This is the premise of... See More
Poetry & Drama
This is a translation of Boccaccio`s "Il libro di Difinizioni", first translated into English by "H.G." (probably Henry Grantham) in London, 1566. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 21 December 1375) was an Italian author and poet... See More
Historical Fiction
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love (The Unabridged Original English Translation)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is a... See More
Classics
A tragic and short love story taking place in the city of Ravenna, told by Giovanni Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 21 December 1375) was an Italian author and poet, a friend, student, and correspondent of Petrarch, an... See More
Classics
While the plague ravishes major cities, a group of Italian men and women seek shelter at a countryside estate telling stories to pass the time. Giovanni Boccaccio's imaginative writing style elevates the multilayered... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Published in 1990: This book tells the life story of Dante, the poet and his work. See More
History & Criticism
This volume presents fifty-five stories, newly translated, of the hundred novelle that comprise Boccaccio's masterpiece. Winner of the 2014 PEN USA Literary Award for Translation This Norton Critical Edition includes: ยท... See More
History & Criticism
In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside... Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves... See More
Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his masterpiece The Decameron, but his Latin Eclogues are relatively unknown. David R. Slavitt's English translation makes these important pieces accessible to a new audience of readers... See More
Classics
One Hundred Tales, One Great Masterpiece "To have compassion for those who suffer is a human quality which everyone should possess, especially those who have required comfort themselves in the past and have managed to find... See More
Humour & Satire
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: 3 Different Translations by John Florio, John Payne and J.M. Rigg in 1 eBook" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Decameron... See More
Humour & Satire
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... See More
Short Stories
J.G. Nichols's new translation stays as faithful to the original as possible while being written in a clear and eminently modern English, capturing the timeless humour of one of the great classics of world literature. This... See More
Religious & Inspirational Fiction
Classic and contemporary Christmas stories by great writers from Boccaccio to Strega Prize winner Anna Maria Ortese to Nobel laureate Grazia Deledda. The third in the very popular Very Christmas series, this volume brings... See More
Humour & Satire
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally... See More
Humour & Satire
John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally published in a private printing for The Villon Society, London in 1886. Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten day journey fleeing... See More
Classics
This carefully crafted ebook: "A Story of Ravenna (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader. A tragic and short love story taking place in the city of Ravenna, told by Giovanni Boccaccio. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 - 21... See More
'The Decameron' is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The stories are told by a group of young men and women who seek refuge in a villa outside Florence to escape the Black... See More
History & Criticism
Originally published in 1985, this book contains a full translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's L'Ameto, alongside textual notes.Giovanni Boccaccio is famous for his great collection of short stories, the Decameron, but his... See More
'The Decameron' is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio. The book is structured as a frame story containing 100 tales told by a group of seven young women and three young men... See More
Comprised of 100 novellas told by ten men and women over a ten-day journey fleeing plague-infested Florence, the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is an allegorical work famous for its bawdy portrayals of everyday life, its... See More
Classics
"Rebhorn deserves our gratitude for an eminently persuasive translation... I celebrate his accomplishment." -- Edith Grossman The year is 1348. The Black Death has begun to ravage Europe. Ten young Florentines -- seven... See More
Biography & True Accounts
Boccaccio's "On Famous Women" ("De claris mulieribus") is a remarkable work that contains the lives of one hundred and six women in myth and history, ranging from Eve to Boccaccio's contemporary, Queen Giovanna I of Naples... See More
History & Criticism
Originally published in 1986, this translated version of Giovanni Boccaccio's Il Filostrato is of particular interest as the principal source for Chaucer's great work, the Troilus. This edition includes the original Italian... See More
History & Criticism
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... See More
HistoryThis is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
History
This is a reproduction of a classic text optimised for kindle devices. We have endeavoured to create this version as close to the original artefact as possible. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Classic Translation of John Payne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. John Payne's translation of The Decameron was originally... See More
Politics & Social SciencesThis carefully crafted ebook: "The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love (The Unabridged Original English Translation)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This is a... See More
Fantasy
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Decameron: The Popular Translation of J.M. Rigg" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. J.M. Rigg 's translation of The Decameron was originally... See More