Boccaccio’s The Decameron is a classic – a group of 10 young men and women flee plague ravaged Florence and take shelter in a villa outside the city. To entertain themselves, they take turns telling stories so that at the end of their stay, they have told 100 stories. The stories range from tawdry tales of horny monks to tragedies.
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Boccaccio’s The Decameron is a classic – a group of 10 young men and women flee plague ravaged Florence and take shelter in a villa outside the city. To entertain themselves, they take turns telling stories so that at the end of their stay, they have told 100 stories. The stories range from tawdry tales of horny monks to tragedies.
The Great Mortality, by John Kelly