Full PDF Tales from the Decameron (Penguin Classics)
Copy Link : https://maburkanginan.blogspot.com/?good=0141191333 SINOPSIS : “The Decameronreads in some ways as a guide to social distancing and self-isolation.”—The New York Times“The 14th-century Italian book that shows us how to survive coronavirus.”—New StatesmanBawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio'sDecameron—the inspiration for the new film The Little Hours—in a brilliant, playful new translation.I
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“The Decameronreads in some ways as a guide to social distancing and self-isolation.”—The New York Times“The 14th-century Italian book that shows us how to survive coronavirus.”—New StatesmanBawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio'sDecameron—the inspiration for the new film The Little Hours—in a brilliant, playful new translation.I
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“ThDecameronreads in some ways as a guide to social
distancing and self-isolation.”#8212The New York
Times“Th 14th-century Italian book that shows us how
to survive coronavirus.”#8212New StatesmanBawdy
and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the
very best of Boccaccio'sDecameron—th inspiration for
the new film The Little Hours—ina brilliant, playful new
translation.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—on
hundred stories of love, adventure, and surprising twists of
fortune that later inspired Chaucer, Keats, and Shakespeare.
Now, 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, thoughtprovoking
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. Written in an early
Florentine dialect and influencing scores of literature that
followed,The Decameronis a masterpiece of classical Italian
prose.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the
leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking
world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout
history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the
series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary
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