Decameron
Start Publishing LLC · Hardcover · December 28, 2012
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A medieval allegory gathers a hundred tales inside a ten-day frame.
- Genres
- Italian Literary Collections, Medieval Historical Fiction, The Classics
- Published
- Start Publishing LLC, December 28, 2012
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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: dÈka ("ten") and (Greek: hemÈra ("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.
Stories Within Stories
A medieval allegory gathers a hundred tales inside a ten-day frame.
Come here for
- A frame story holding a hundred tales
- A classic shaped around ten days of storytelling
Expect
- Ten young people taking turns telling stories
- A linked frame around a large collection
Where it sits
| Italian Literary Collections | 55% |
|---|---|
| Medieval Historical Fiction | 50% |
| The Classics | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Historical Fiction
- Literary Fiction
- Romance
- Authors
- Giovanni Boccaccio
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- December 28, 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- Historical Fiction