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The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

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The Decameron
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ISBN/ASIN: B001OOLKVY
Number of pages: 376

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Set against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Boccaccio's masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, nuns, doctors, lawyers, students, artists, peasants, pilgrims, servants, spendthrifts, thieves, gamblers, police-and lovers, both faithful and faithless.

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