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Synopsis
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: dΓ©ka ("ten") and (Greek: hΔmΓ©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.Book Details
Published
March 1, 2012
Publisher
Wilder Publications, Incorporated
Pages
634
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781617206962