Tales from the Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio & Peter Hainsworth

Tales from the Decameron

By Giovanni Boccaccio & Peter Hainsworth

  • Release Date: 2015-10-01
  • Genre: Classics

Description

Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective - these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron in a brilliant, playful new translation.

This hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's masterwork in a fresh, accessible new translation by Peter Hainsworth. It includes such celebrated, thought-provoking tales as 'Isabella and the Pot of Basil' (famously adapted by Keats) and 'Patient Griselda' alongside many boisterous and daring stories featuring faithless wives, philandering priests and curious nuns.