In the heart of plague-ravaged Florence, ten young people flee the city to take refuge in a lush countryside villa. To stave off boredom and despair, they tell each other…

Here beginneth the book called Decameron and surnamed Prince Galahalt wherein are contained a hundred stories in the ten days told by seven ladies and three young men.

The Decameron is a masterpiece of classical early Italian prose. These vivid miniatures, tales of ribaldry, licentiousness, farce, trickery and deceit, give a window into life at the time and…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public…