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Title: Novelleja Decameronesta
Note: Reading ease score: 40.0 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen
Summary: "Novelleja Decameronesta" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of novellas likely written in the 14th century. This work is a notable forerunner to modern narrative fiction, presenting various stories that explore themes of love, morality, and human behavior, often intertwined with wit and satire. The initial framing narrative introduces a group of young men and women who flee the Black Death ravaging Florence, seeking refuge in a secluded villa where they engage in storytelling to pass the time and distract themselves from their grim surroundings. At the start of the collection, the character Ser Ciappelletto is introduced, a thoroughly wicked man who, despite his misdeeds, manages to fool a monk into believing he is holy, thus securing a place in the church after his death. Through cunning and deceit, Ciappelletto manages to portray himself as a saint, leading to a posthumous veneration that reflects the hypocrisy and gullibility within religious institutions. This tale not only sets the tone for the themes of irony and morality that are prevalent in Boccaccio's work but also reveals the author's critical perspective on societal norms and the contradictions of human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Author of introduction, etc.: Soderhjelm, Werner, 1859-1931
Translator: Lehtonen, Joel, 1881-1934
EBook No.: 47886
Published: Jan 6, 2015
Downloads: 61
Language: Finnish
Subject: Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction
Subject: Storytelling -- Fiction
Subject: Allegories
Subject: Frame-stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Novelleja Decameronesta
Note: Reading ease score: 40.0 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen
Summary: "Novelleja Decameronesta" by Giovanni Boccaccio is a collection of novellas likely written in the 14th century. This work is a notable forerunner to modern narrative fiction, presenting various stories that explore themes of love, morality, and human behavior, often intertwined with wit and satire. The initial framing narrative introduces a group of young men and women who flee the Black Death ravaging Florence, seeking refuge in a secluded villa where they engage in storytelling to pass the time and distract themselves from their grim surroundings. At the start of the collection, the character Ser Ciappelletto is introduced, a thoroughly wicked man who, despite his misdeeds, manages to fool a monk into believing he is holy, thus securing a place in the church after his death. Through cunning and deceit, Ciappelletto manages to portray himself as a saint, leading to a posthumous veneration that reflects the hypocrisy and gullibility within religious institutions. This tale not only sets the tone for the themes of irony and morality that are prevalent in Boccaccio's work but also reveals the author's critical perspective on societal norms and the contradictions of human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
Author of introduction, etc.: Soderhjelm, Werner, 1859-1931
Translator: Lehtonen, Joel, 1881-1934
EBook No.: 47886
Published: Jan 6, 2015
Downloads: 61
Language: Finnish
Subject: Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction
Subject: Storytelling -- Fiction
Subject: Allegories
Subject: Frame-stories
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.