The Decameron (classic Translation)
About This Novel
The work tells the story of 10 young men and women who took refuge in a villa during the plague epidemic in Florence in 1348. They feasted all day long and each told a story every day, 100 stories in 10 days, hence the name "The Decameron". Many of the stories are based on historical events and medieval legends. In "The Decameron", Boccaccio sung the praises of this worldly life, praised love as the source of wisdom and beautiful sentiments, condemned asceticism, and made a powerful satire on the depravity of the feudal aristocracy and the shameless debauchery of the Catholic Church. The work adopts a frame structure to connect one hundred stories together, making the whole book coherent. The language of the work is concise and humorous, and the characters and objects are described with subtlety.
What Readers Think
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There is no need to listen to the dictates of fate. Because it teaches you to use emotions, but most of them are not appropriate. But excessive.
The swindling monk improvised some nonsense and turned an ordinary piece of coke into a relic of a saint, defrauding countless foolish men and women into donating money. People are still very superstitious.
Why can't this book be read aloud? Everything else is fine!
Can't read aloud. I regret buying this.
Not bad, although the co-translation is a bit unharmonious
Alas, at this difficult moment when life is at stake, these young and powerful young men from wealthy families do not delve into strategies to cure illnesses and save lives. Instead, they sit calmly, hugging their knees and flirting. This is also a tragedy for society.
A gangster who committed all kinds of evil, his smooth words before his death actually led to him being canonized as a "saint" by the church. After his death, he was mourned and worshiped by thousands of people. At this time, who still remembers that he was just a gangster?
Rating
Community(0)
Official(6)
There is no need to listen to the dictates of fate. Because it teaches you to use emotions, but most of them are not appropriate. But excessive.
The swindling monk improvised some nonsense and turned an ordinary piece of coke into a relic of a saint, defrauding countless foolish men and women into donating money. People are still very superstitious.
Why can't this book be read aloud? Everything else is fine!
Can't read aloud. I regret buying this.
Not bad, although the co-translation is a bit unharmonious
Alas, at this difficult moment when life is at stake, these young and powerful young men from wealthy families do not delve into strategies to cure illnesses and save lives. Instead, they sit calmly, hugging their knees and flirting. This is also a tragedy for society.
A gangster who committed all kinds of evil, his smooth words before his death actually led to him being canonized as a "saint" by the church. After his death, he was mourned and worshiped by thousands of people. At this time, who still remembers that he was just a gangster?
