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    The Decameron
    The Decameron
    The Decameron
    Audiobook28 hours

    The Decameron

    Written by Giovanni Boccaccio

    Narrated by Simon Russell Beale, Daisey Badger, Carly Bawden and

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    The Decameron is one of the greatest literary works of the Middle Ages. Ten young people have fled the terrible effects of the Black Death in Florence and, in an idyllic setting, tell a series of brilliant stories, by turns humorous, bawdy, tragic and provocative. This celebration of physical and sexual vitality is Boccaccio’s answer to the sublime other-worldliness of Dante’s Divine Comedy.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateSep 11, 2017
    ISBN9781781980712
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    Giovanni Boccaccio

    Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) was born and raised in Florence, Italy where he initially studied business and canon law. During his career, he met many aristocrats and scholars who would later influence his literary works. Some of his earliest texts include La caccia di Diana, Il Filostrato and Teseida. Boccaccio was a compelling writer whose prose was influenced by his background and involvement with Renaissance Humanism. Active during the late Middle Ages, he is best known for writing The Decameron and On Famous Women.

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    • 5/5
      Beautifully read – I’ve been listening in lockdown while I walk through the woods along the river with my dog. Ten characters and an author in fourteenth-century social isolation.

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    • 5/5
      Really well read. I enjoyed it as a classic but was surprised by some of the content.