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1	Decameron more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron (c.1351) was written in the wake of the Black Death, a shattering epidemic which had shaken Florence's confident entrepreneurial society to its core. In a country villa outside the city, ten young noble men and women who have escaped the plague decide to tell each other stories. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio more books like this by Giovanni. [from old catalog] Boccaccio The medieval masterpiece, set against the backdrop of the Black Death of 1348, is now available in this authoritative English-language translation. The 100 linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, doctors, lovers--all of whom are both faithful and faithless. Unabashedly earthy in its sensuality, "The Decameron" ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Decameron: A New Translation: 21 Novelle, Contemporary Reactions, Modern Criticism more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Mark Musa (Editor), Peter E Bondanella (Editor) A collection of tales from this medieval author, which were assembled in their definitive form between 1349 and 1351. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Decameron by Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio, M Rigg J M Rigg (Translator) Large format paper back for easy reading. Rich and diverse collection of stories from the Italian Renaissance see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.62! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio Love can be surprising. Love can be heartbreaking. Love can be an art. But love is the singular emotion that all humans rely on most . . . and crave endlessly, no matter what the cost. United by this theme of love, the nine titles in the Penguin Great Loves collection include tales of blissful and all-encompassing, doomed and tragic, erotic and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
6	The Decameron: Selected Tales more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Bob Blaisdell (Editor) While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, ten people in a country house outside the city pass ten days by telling each other stories. Each person tells one tale on a designated topic each day, making for 100 stories in all. The tales encompass many sides of human nature, from the ridiculous to the sublime; many of the tales ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.37!
7	The Most Pleasant and Delectable Questions of Love more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio A slightly modernized version of a 1587 translation of one segment of Boccaccio's 14th century writing, the original source for the translation exists today in a single copy held at Oxford's Bodleian Library. Boccacio's tremendously popular tales dealt with the consequences of secular love -- or in some cases, lust. "The Most Pleasant and ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $10.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Il decameron more books like this by Giovanni Boccaccio see all copies from $29.56! first editions
9	Tales from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Richard Aldington (Translator) 1930. The Decameron is a work of broad-sweeping comic views. It was written by Giovanni Boccaccio, an Italian poet and scholar who raised vernacular literature to the status of the classics of antiquity and who prepared for the humanism of the Renaissance. The tales are set in 1348, the year of the Black Death. Florence is a dying, corrupt city, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $28.18! \| first editions \| SVS
10	El Decameron more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio The medieval masterpiece, set against the backdrop of the Black Death of 1348, is now available in this authoritative English-language translation. The 100 linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, doctors, lovers--all of whom are both faithful and faithless. Unabashedly earthy in its sensuality, "The Decameron" ... see all copies from $4.95! new only from $11.48!
11	The Decameron Volume I more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, ten people in a country house outside the city pass ten days by telling each other stories. Each person tells one tale on a designated topic each day, making for 100 stories in all. The tales encompass many sides of human nature, from the ridiculous to the sublime; many of the tales ... see all copies from $10.75! new only from $15.95! \| SVS
12 view cover	The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Thomas Mauch (Editor), Mariangela Causa-Steindler (Introduction by) A milestone in feminist literature, this marvelous European romance, narrated by a woman, is considered the first psychological novel in a modern language and a precursor of stream-of-consciousness fiction. Written by Giovanni Boccaccio between 1343 and 1345, The Elegy has never before been available in a complete or accurate English translation. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.25!
13 view cover	de Mulieribus Claris more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown (Editor) After the composition of the Decameron, and under the influence of Petrarch's humanism, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is "Famous Women", the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women. The 106 women whose life stories ... see all copies from $18.45! new only from $30.57! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Decameron: Second Edition more books like this by Giovanni Boccaccio, G H McWilliam (Translator) In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each other stories - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fortune which later inspired Chaucer, Keats and Shakespeare. While Dante is a stern moralist, Boccaccio has little time ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Decameron: Volume 1 more books like this by Giovanni Boccaccio While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, ten people in a country house outside the city pass ten days by telling each other stories. Each person tells one tale on a designated topic each day, making for 100 stories in all. The tales encompass many sides of human nature, from the ridiculous to the sublime; many of the tales ... see all copies from $6.84! new only from $21.23! \| SVS
16 view cover	The Decameron Volume II more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio While the Black Death rages through 14th-century Florence, ten people in a country house outside the city pass ten days by telling each other stories. Each person tells one tale on a designated topic each day, making for 100 stories in all. The tales encompass many sides of human nature, from the ridiculous to the sublime; many of the tales ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $19.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	Selections from "The decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio A group of young men and women decide to escape to the country from the Black Death which is ravaging their native Florence. To while away their voluntary exile, they resort to story-telling. Many of the tales were straightforward narratives, but some of the stories were saucy and suggestive. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Famous Women more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Virginia Brown (Translator) The more than 100 women whose life stories make up this volume range from the exemplary to the notorious, from historical and mythological figures to Renaissance contemporaries of its author, the master storyteller Giovanni Boccaccio. The first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted exclusively to women, "Famous Women" affords a ... see all copies from $12.26! new only from $18.00!
19 view cover	Decameron: The John Payne Translation more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio Singleton preserves the genius of Payne's language and style, but removes the Victorianisms that intrude upon the enjoyment of contemporary readers. He adds essential annotation and original interpretation to round out this unexcelled English edition of Boccaccio's great work. see all copies from $4.95! first editions
20 view cover	Chamber of Love by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio see all copies from $4.59! new only from $12.04! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Early Lives of Dante more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio, Philip H Wicksteed (Translator) This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $17.56! new only from $17.56! \| SVS
22	Thirteen most pleasant and delectable questions of love, entitled A disport of diverse noble personages. by Giovanni Boccaccio, Harry Carter see all copies from $1.99! first editions
23 view cover	Amorous Fiammetta more books like this by Giovanni Boccaccio see all copies from $4.00! new only from $28.18! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Diana's Hunt - Caccia Di Diana: Boccaccio's First Fiction more books like this by Anthony K. Cassell (Editor), Victoria Kirkham (Editor), Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio is one of the most influential writers in the Western tradition, yet his first literary work, "Diana's Hunt", has never been translated into English, and the Italian text has long been out of print. Anthony Cassell and Victoria Kirkham redeem Boccaccio's early effort in this dual-language edition. The plot of "Diana's Hunt" is ... see all copies from $3.29! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
25 view cover	Decameron - Vol I (1471) more books like this by Professor Giovanni Boccaccio Boccaccio's masterpiece is here issued unabridged. It is a complete world in itself, one in which we can walk about even as the characters themselves. It is not, in fact, necessary to read very much of this exquisite prose before we become as much part of the amorous and lyrical fourteenth century as the ladies and gentlemen themselves, who wile ... see all copies from $16.38! new only from $34.87! \| SVS

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