The Decameron

Author: Boccaccio, Giovanni; Gariano, Carmelo
Publisher: Scripta Humanistica
Serie: Italian Literature, Language, and Culture
ISBN: 091637937X
Place of publication: Potomac , United States
Year of publication: 1986
Pages: 241
Language: English

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Perceptive and well-written adaptation of Boccaccio's masterpiece, The Decameron. Superb reading for student and layman alike.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD
THE FIRST DAY: Free Topics
THE BUBONIC PLAGUE
- 1. The Fake Sanctified
- 2. The Converted Jew
- 3. The Jewish Moneylender
- 4. The Lewd Abbot
- 5. The Marchioness's Reproof
- 6. A Greedy Inquisitor
- 7. Shameful Avarice
- 8. The Scorned Merchant
- 9. A Rebuked King
- 10. A Wise Man in Love
THE SECOND DAY: Mishaps with a Happy Ending
- 11. Assumed Miracle
- 12. What a Night!
- 13. The Disguised Abbot
- 14. The Lucky Corsair
- 15. The Duped Duper
- 16. An Adventurous Mother
- 17. The Re-virgined Princess
- 18. Feminine Revenge
- 19. Heroic Chaste Wife
- 20. A Lovable Pirate
THE THIRD DAY: Satisfied Wishes
- 21. Seduced by Nuns
- 22. The Raped Queen
- 23. Unaware Middleman
- 24. The Road to Holiness
- 25. A Wife for a Horse
- 26. A Jealous Wife
- 27. The Lover's Return
- 28. A Drunkard in Purgatory
- 29. The Estranged Wife
- 30. The Devil's Burial
THE FOURTH DAY: Tragic Love Stories
- 31. The Princess's Lover
- 32. The Angel's Lover
- 33. Love and Crime
- 34. A Fatal Attack
- 35. Jealous Brothers
- 36. Foreboding Dreams
- 37. The Poisonous Leaf
- 38. Love and Death
- 39. The Lover's Heart
- 40. The Drugged Lover
THE FIFTH DAY: Difficult Cases with a Happy Course
- 41. From Bum to Gentleman
- 42. Rediscovered Lovers
- 43. Dangerous Elopement
- 44. The Caged Nightingale
- 45. Rivals in Love
- 46. The Forgiven Seducer
- 47. The Boss's Daughter
- 48. An Instructive Vision
- 49. The Untimely Banquet
- 50. A Mismatched Couple
THE SIXTH DAY: Witty Answers
- 51. A Bad Storyteller
- 52. An Indiscreet Request
- 53. The Unwise Bishop
- 54. The One-legged Stork
- 55. The Witty Painter
- 56. An Absurd Bet
- 57. Legalized Adultery
- 58. Bantered Vanity
- 59. The Flouted Mocker
- 60. The Miracle Peddler
THE SEVENTH DAY: Tricky Wives
- 61. The Unfaithful Sorceress
- 62. The Hidden Lover
- 63. Sex and Exorcism
- 64. The Jealous Cuckold
- 65. Jealousy and Adultery
- 66. The Unexpected Husband
- 67. The Esquire's Passion
- 68. A Crafty Wife
- 69. The Overcautious Lover
- 70. Forgiven Adultery
THE EIGHTH DAY: Hoaxes and Conjugal Triangles
- 71. A Wife's Loan
- 72. The Sexual Urge of a Priest
- 73. The Magic Stone
- 74. The Trapped Priest
- 75. The Fooled Judge
- 76. Robbed and Fooled
- 77. The Scholar's Revenge
- 78. Unplanned Wife Swapping
- 79. The Silly Physician
- 80. The Duped Whore
THE NINTH DAY: Unrestricted Topics
- 81. The Undesirable Suitors
- 82. The Sinful Nun
- 83. The Pregnant Man
- 84. An Ungrateful Swindler
- 85. Framed-up Lover
- 86. Sex Orgy in the Dark
- 87. The Suspicious Wife
- 88. The Revenge of a Glutton
- 89. Solomon's Advice
- 90. The Interrupted Enchantment
THE TENTH DAY: Generous and Chivalric Deeds
- 91. The Unrewarded Knight
- 92. The Dieting Abbot
- 93. The Two Philanthropists
- 94. The Discreet Lover
- 95. Magic and Love
- 96. The Ashamed King
- 97. The Commoner and the King
- 98. The Replaced Husband
- 99. Timely Return
- 100. The Patient Wife
CONCLUSION

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