Mrs Rosie and the priest

Author(s)

• Boccaccio, Giovanni
• Hainsworth, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Mrs Rosie and the priest

Giovanni Boccaccio ; translated by Peter Hainsworth

（Penguin classics）（Penguin little black classics, 01）

Penguin Books, 2015

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Boccaccio's Decameron is available in Penguin Classics in both a complete and selected edition.

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• NCID: BB18659737
• ISBN:
  • 9780141397825
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 53 p.
• Size: 16 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 853.1
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646
  • BB18651236