| Decameron Contributor(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (Author) |
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ISBN: 1617206962 ISBN-13: 9781617206962 Publisher: SMK Books OUR PRICE: $16.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1500 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9" (2.02 lbs) 634 pages |
| 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. |