The work tells the story of a plague epidemic in Florence, Italy in 1348, and 10 men and women took refuge in a villa in the countryside. They played and entertained all day long, and each told a story every day. They lived for 10 days and told hundreds of stories. These stories criticized the Catholic Church, ridiculed the church for teaching darkness and sin, praised love as the source of talent and noble sentiments, condemned asceticism, ruthlessly exposed and lashed out the depravity and corruption of the feudal aristocracy, and reflected humanistic ideas. "The Decameron" is the first realist masterpiece in the history of European literature; the modern Italian critic Sanctis once compared "The Decameron" with Dante's "Divine Comedy" and called it "Human Comedy".
Reader comments
And each story is short and easy to read. What impressed me most was one of the stories, which tells the story of a young girl who, despite her father's opposition, finally got together with her beloved in pursuit of love. It was very romantic. This book made me feel the charm of humanistic thought and gave me a deeper understanding of European literature.
And each story is short and easy to read. What impressed me most was one of the stories, which tells the story of a young girl who, despite her father's opposition, finally got together with her beloved in pursuit of love. It was very romantic. This book made me feel the charm of humanistic thought and gave me a deeper understanding of European literature.