Project Gutenberg 2015-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 59 Boccaccio, Giovanni 1313 1375 Soderhjelm, Werner 1859 1931 Söderhjelm, Werner Lehtonen, Joel 1881 1934 Novelleja Decameronesta Reading ease score: 40.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "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.) fi Plague -- Europe -- History -- Fiction Storytelling -- Fiction Allegories Frame-stories PQ Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 614033 613966 2024-10-20T05:55:12.593438 2023-09-20T15:49:43.291530 text/html text/html 614026 613959 2024-10-20T05:55:12.890435 2023-09-20T15:49:43.458523 text/html text/html 292169 2024-10-20T05:55:21.974392 application/epub+zip 301487 2024-10-20T05:55:16.352428 application/epub+zip 289190 2024-10-20T05:55:15.052389 application/epub+zip 548096 2024-10-20T05:55:26.545338 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 513733 2024-10-20T05:55:21.185414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 462799 2022-09-21T17:46:57.574734 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 579500 579484 2024-10-20T05:55:12.131401 2023-09-20T15:49:42.817532 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 552347 2015-01-05T22:03:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 203623 2015-01-05T22:03:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21286 2024-10-20T05:55:26.685326 application/rdf+xml 15068 2024-10-20T05:55:15.601397 image/jpeg 4059 2024-10-20T05:55:15.320379 image/jpeg 289802 2024-10-20T05:55:12.946431 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fi.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia