The Decameron is a book conformed of one hundred short stories or 'novellas' written by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, who lived in the 14th Century. It's considered one of the most important works of the Italian literature written in prose.
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* The Decameron (subtitled: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 Novellas by Giovanni Boccaccio and written in Italian. The meaning of the 'Decameron' is Greek for "ten" (δέκα déka) and "day. " The 'Decameron' writings begin during the Black Death and leads a group of seven women and three men who flee from plague-ridden Florence to a villa in what was then called 'Fiesole' for two weeks. These works by Boccaccio were considered 'bawdy' stories ... in other words pornography.
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