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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

By Giovanni Boccaccio (translated by John Payne)

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Cover: Six Tuscan Poets by Giorgio Vasari · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Ten young Florentines flee the plague of 1348 to a country villa, and each tells a story a day for ten days. Boccaccio's hundred tales of love, trickery and fortune, here in John Payne's translation, are among the great story collections.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Proem
  2. 2: The First Story
  3. 3: The Second Story
  4. 4: The Third Story
  5. 5: The Fourth Story
  6. 6: The Fifth Story
  7. 7: The Sixth Story
  8. 8: The Seventh Story
  9. 9: The Eighth Story
  10. 10: The Ninth Story
  11. 11: The Tenth Story
  12. 12: The First Story
  13. 13: The Second Story
  14. 14: The Third Story
  15. 15: The Fourth Story
  16. 16: The Fifth Story
  17. 17: The Sixth Story
  18. 18: The Seventh Story
  19. 19: The Eighth Story
  20. 20: The Ninth Story
  21. 21: The Tenth Story
  22. 22: The First Story
  23. 23: The Second Story
  24. 24: The Third Story
  25. 25: The Fourth Story
  26. 26: The Fifth Story
  27. 27: The Sixth Story
  28. 28: The Seventh Story
  29. 29: The Eighth Story
  30. 30: The Ninth Story
  31. 31: The Tenth Story
  32. 32: The First Story
  33. 33: The Second Story
  34. 34: The Third Story
  35. 35: The Fourth Story
  36. 36: The Fifth Story
  37. 37: The Sixth Story
  38. 38: The Seventh Story
  39. 39: The Eighth Story
  40. 40: The Ninth Story
  41. 41: The Tenth Story
  42. 42: The First Story
  43. 43: The Second Story
  44. 44: The Third Story
  45. 45: The Fourth Story
  46. 46: The Fifth Story
  47. 47: The Sixth Story
  48. 48: The Seventh Story
  49. 49: The Eighth Story
  50. 50: The Ninth Story
  51. 51: The Tenth Story
  52. 52: The First Story
  53. 53: The Second Story
  54. 54: The Third Story
  55. 55: The Fourth Story
  56. 56: The Fifth Story
  57. 57: The Sixth Story
  58. 58: The Seventh Story
  59. 59: The Eighth Story
  60. 60: The Ninth Story
  61. 61: The Tenth Story
  62. 62: The First Story
  63. 63: The Second Story
  64. 64: The Third Story
  65. 65: The Fourth Story
  66. 66: The Fifth Story
  67. 67: The Sixth Story
  68. 68: The Seventh Story
  69. 69: The Eighth Story
  70. 70: The Ninth Story
  71. 71: The Tenth Story
  72. 72: The First Story
  73. 73: The Second Story
  74. 74: The Third Story
  75. 75: The Fourth Story
  76. 76: The Fifth Story
  77. 77: The Sixth Story
  78. 78: The Seventh Story
  79. 79: The Eighth Story
  80. 80: The Ninth Story
  81. 81: The Tenth Story
  82. 82: The First Story
  83. 83: The Second Story
  84. 84: The Third Story
  85. 85: The Fourth Story
  86. 86: The Fifth Story
  87. 87: The Sixth Story
  88. 88: The Seventh Story
  89. 89: The Eighth Story
  90. 90: The Ninth Story
  91. 91: The Tenth Story
  92. 92: The First Story
  93. 93: The Second Story
  94. 94: The Third Story
  95. 95: The Fourth Story
  96. 96: The Fifth Story
  97. 97: The Sixth Story
  98. 98: The Seventh Story
  99. 99: The Eighth Story
  100. 100: The Ninth Story
  101. 101: The Tenth Story