The Decameron

The Decameron

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

  • Cover
  • 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