Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio\'s Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests.
Boccaccio\'s Decameron is available in Penguin Classics in both a complete and selected edition..
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Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio\'s Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests