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Giovanni Boccaccio — The Decameron

1353 · Book · Public Domain

Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Decameron" is a collection of novellas, many of which are bawdy tales of love, lust, and wit told by a group of young people fleeing the Black Death. It is considered a masterpiece of early Italian prose and a foundational work of Western literature, influencing countless later authors.

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Giovanni Boccaccio — The Decameron in First Fantasy Literature

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