Giovanni Boccaccio

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1) The Decameron

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

Everyman's library ; 322
Penguin classics

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

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The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions....

2) The Decameron Original Italian Text by Giovanni Boccaccio--Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

Delphi Parts Edition

Publisher

Delphi Classics (Parts Edition)

Pub. Date

2017

Language

Italiano

Description

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Questo eBook offre il testo integrale italiano del "Decameron" di Giovanni Boccaccio dall'edizione bestseller di 'The raccolte opere di Giovanni Boccaccio'. Dopo aver stabilito il loro nome come il principale editore di letteratura classica e arte, Delphi classici produrre pubblicazioni che sono realizzate individualmente con formattazione superiore, mentre l'introduzione di molti testi rari per la prima volta in stampa digitale. L'edizione di

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3) The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Language

English

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Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece recaptures both the tragedies and comedies of medieval life and is surely one of the greatest achievements in the history of literature.

4) La Fiammetta

Author

1313-1375, Boccaccio, Giovanni

Pub. Date

2023

Language

English

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La Fiammetta / Giovanni Boccaccio; translated by James C. Brogan

"Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta, or The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta in English, is a novel by the Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio, probably written between 1343 and 1344. Written in the form of a first-person confessional monologue, it describes the protagonist, Fiammetta's, passion for Panfilo, a Florentine merchant, and takes place in Naples. It has

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5) Famous women

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

I Tatti Renaissance library ; 1

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

6) Spirit of Boccaccio's Decameron: comprising three days entertainment

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Pub. Date

1812

Language

English

7) Selections from the Decameron

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

Classic literature with classical music

Publisher

Naxos AudioBooks

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

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16 tales read from Boccaccio's answer to Dante's Divine comedy.

8) Stories of Boccaccio (The Decameron)

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Publisher

Published for the trade

Pub. Date

between 1800 and 1899?

Language

English

9) Amorous Fiammetta

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Pub. Date

1931

Language

English

10) Decamerón

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Publisher

EDAF

Pub. Date

[1996?]

Language

Español

11) The black falcon: a tale from the Decameron

Author

Wise, William

Publisher

Philomel Books

Pub. Date

1990.

Language

English

Description

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When the wealthy and now-widowed woman whom the impoverished Federigo has always loved invites herself to his home for dinner tomake a life-or-death request of him, she learns, ironically, hehas already sacrificed all he had in his love for her.

12) Il Decameron

Series

World films

Publisher

MGM Home Entertainment

Pub. Date

[2002]

Language

Italiano

Description

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Pasolini's rendition of 8 of Boccaccio's tales. Includes lusty nuns who perform sexual "miracles," a cheating wife with a head for business, a dying con artist attempting a heavenly swindle, young lovers caught with their pants down, a servant who loses his head for love and a gullible farmer who tries to turn his wife into a mare.

13) Dafnis i Khloi︠a︡

Author

Longus

Series

Serii͡a Damskiĭ roman

Publisher

["KAPIK"]

Pub. Date

1993.

Language

Russian

14) Life of Dante

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Publisher

Riverside Press

Pub. Date

1904.

Language

English

15) Decameron

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

Classici italiani ; v. 46-49

Publisher

Societa tipografica de'Classici italiani

Pub. Date

1803.

Language

Italiano

16) Selections from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: including all the passages hitherto suppressed

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Publisher

[publisher not identified]

Pub. Date

1865.

Language

English

17) Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio cittadino fiorentino

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Publisher

Presso Leonardo Ciardetti

Pub. Date

1825.

Language

Italiano

18) Das Leben Dantes

Author

Boccaccio, Giovanni

Series

Insel-Bücherei ; nr. 275

Publisher

Insel-Verlag

Pub. Date

[between 1920 and 1929?]

Language

Deutsch

19) Wondrous Boccaccio

Series

Film Movement ; 14, film 2

Publisher

Film Movement

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

Italiano

Description

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"Florence, Thirteenth Century. The 'Black Death' is spreading. Ten kids (three boys and seven girls) decide to escape and to seek shelter in the countryside, away from the horrible consequences of the plague. In order to kill time, each kid tells a particular story, but no matter how different their stories may be, they all have one aspect in common: love. A love that will help the characters cope with the numerous uncertainties of a very arduous...

20) The little hours

Publisher

Gunpowder & Sky

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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A young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns in the Middle Ages. Introduced as a deaf blind man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.

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Giovanni Boccaccio

1) The Decameron

2) The Decameron Original Italian Text by Giovanni Boccaccio--Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

3) The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

4) La Fiammetta

5) Famous women

6) Spirit of Boccaccio's Decameron: comprising three days entertainment

7) Selections from the Decameron

8) Stories of Boccaccio (The Decameron)

9) Amorous Fiammetta

10) Decamerón

11) The black falcon: a tale from the Decameron

12) Il Decameron

13) Dafnis i Khloi︠a︡

14) Life of Dante

15) Decameron

16) Selections from the Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio: including all the passages hitherto suppressed

17) Il Decameron di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio cittadino fiorentino

18) Das Leben Dantes

19) Wondrous Boccaccio

20) The little hours