Decameron (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781617206962)

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.

Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
ISBN-10: 1617206962
ISBN-13: 9781617206962
Publisher: SMK Books
Language: English
Published: 03/22/2012
Pages: 634
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.40d