| Decameron Contributor(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1515427838 ISBN-13: 9781515427834 Publisher: SMK Books OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: 853.1 |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 1.56" H x 6" W x 9" (2.41 lbs) 634 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Decameron, also called Prince Galehaut, is a 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. The book's primary title exemplifies Boccaccio's fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, Greek: d ka ("ten") and (Greek: hēm ra ("day"), to form a term that means "ten-day event". Ten days is the time period in which the characters of the frame story tell their tales. |