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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio · Public domain text

307,870 words · about 21 h 34 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845

Text only · 1 illustration omitted. Illustrated source.

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The text of The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio comes from Project Gutenberg e-text #23700. It is in English and public domain in the United States. Translated by John Payne. RedLectern sets the text out for reading on screen; no words of the book are rewritten or summarized. More formats (EPUB, Kindle) · How RedLectern is built

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About this book

Author
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375)
Language
English
Subjects
Plague › Europe › History › Fiction, Storytelling › Fiction, Allegories, Frame stories
Length
307,870 words · about 21 h 34 min
Sections
3 reader sections · Table of contents