Tales from the Decameron

Author(s)

• Boccaccio, Giovanni
• Hainsworth, Peter

Bibliographic Information

Tales from the Decameron

Giovanni Boccaccio ; translated, introduced and with notes by Peter Hainsworth

（Penguin classics, . Penguin literature）

Penguin Classics/Penguin, 2015

• : [pbk.]

Note

Chronology: p. [ix]-xi

Incloudes bibliographical references (p. [xxxvii]-xxxviii)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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 masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.

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Details

• NCID: BB19928313
• ISBN:
  • 9780141191331
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: [London]
• Pages/Volumes: xxxviii, 310 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 853.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 -- Translations into English
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646