"The Decameron" is a satirical collection of stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio.
The result, called by one critic "the greatest short story collection of.
Sharing with each other stories-a hundred stories of love, comedy, adventure and surprising twists of fate.
Ten young Florentines seek refuge in the countryside as they amuse themselves by each telling a story a day for the ten days.
Written as the Bubonic Plague decimated the population of Europe in the middle of the 14th century. "The Decameron" is a satirical collection of stories by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio