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The Decameron

Satirical and Picaresque Fiction

A collection of one hundred short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio, composed between about 1348 and 1353, subtitled Prince Galehaut. Ten young Florentines sheltering in the countryside from the Black Death each tell one story a night for ten nights, and the resulting frame narrative, ranging from bawdy comedy to tragedy, is regarded as a masterpiece of early Italian prose and a major influence on later European storytelling, including Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
AudienceSourced to the subject's own account
General 1
Original Language
Italian 2
Composed, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own account
1348 to 1353 1
Composed, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own account
from 1353 1
FAQs

Why do the storytellers in The Decameron leave Florence?

To escape the Black Death.

They leave Florence to escape the Black Death, which was afflicting the city. The party shelters in a secluded villa just outside Florence, and the stories are told there to pass the time.
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Authored By

Giovanni Boccaccio, Authors
Source The Decameron (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Frame Tale Collection, Genres
Source The Decameron (Wikipedia)
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Original Language

Italian

Also in Language Atlas: the original language of this subject.

Originated In

Italy

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source The Decameron (Wikipedia)tier 3
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1. The Decameron (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut, is a collection of short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio.
  • Lead
    The Decameron ( dih-KAM-ər-ən; Italian: Decameron [deˈkaːmeron, dekameˈrɔn, -ˈron] or Decamerone [dekameˈroːne]), subtitled Prince Galehaut (Old Italian: Prencipe Galeotto [ˈprentʃipe ɡaleˈɔtto, ˈprɛn-]), is a collection of short stories by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio
  • Authored By: Giovanni Boccaccio, Lead section, authorship
    The Decameron, subtitled Prince Galehaut, is a collection of short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio.
  • In Genre: Frame Tale Collection, Lead section, frame narrative
    the resulting frame narrative, ranging from bawdy comedy to tragedy, is regarded as a masterpiece of early Italian prose
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2. Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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