# The Decameron

by [Giovanni Boccaccio](https://localbooks.app/authors/giovanni-boccaccio)

- Genres: [Kurzgeschichten](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/short-stories), [Humor & Satire](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/humor-and-satire)
- Set in: [Florenz, Toskana, Italien](https://localbooks.app/places/it/tuscany/florence); [Fiesole, Toskana, Italien](https://localbooks.app/places/it/tuscany/fiesole)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1353

## Description

While the Black Death empties Florence in 1348, seven young women and three young men retreat to villas in the hills and pass ten days telling a hundred stories. Clever wives, lusty friars, merchants and kings fill tales that are by turns bawdy, tragic and very funny.

## Where to buy

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