The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio

A collection of one hundred short stories told across ten days, written in the fourteenth century by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio and presented here in John Payne's English translation. The tales follow various characters, often involving love, wit, trickery, and matters of fortune.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›Southern European and Latin American›From Italy

Reader

Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic short stories›Southern European and Latin American