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 books primary title exemplifies Boccaccios fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, Greek: deka (ten) and (Greek: hemera (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.
| ISBN: | 9781515440581 |
| Publication date: | 9th August 2019 |
| Author: | Boccaccio, Giovanni |
| Publisher: | Dancing Unicorn Books |
| Format: | Ebook |
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 books primary title exemplifies Boccaccios fondness for Greek philology: Decameron combines two Greek words, Greek: deka (ten) and (Greek: hemera (day), to form a term that means ten-day event.
Decameron features in the following genres: Historical Fiction
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Decameron was written by Boccaccio, Giovanni and published by Dancing Unicorn Books
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