The Decameron (Italian title: Decamerone) is a collection of 100 stories (with a framing story around them) written by Giovanni Boccaccio in Italian in the 14th century.
Bibliographic notesBoccaccio is thought to have completed The Decameron around 1353. In English, some of the tales were translated as early as 1525, and a mostly complete English translation appeared in 1620. Many early printings were censored, but a complete uncensored translation appeared in English in 1886.
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The Decameron (in Italian and English, with commentary), by Giovanni Boccaccio (HTML at Brown). Brown University's Decameron Web site, with Italian and English texts, and extensive commentary and supplementary materials.
- The Decameron: Containing an Hundred Pleasant Novels, Wittily Discoursed, Betweene Seven Honourable Ladies and Three Noble Gentlemen (translation sometimes (but uncertainly) attributed to Florio; London: Printed by I. Jaggard, 1620), by Giovanni Boccaccio, trans. by John Florio
- The Decameron of Boccaccio (London: Chatto and Windus, 1924), by Giovanni Boccaccio, illust. by Thomas Derrick (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Look for editions of this book at your library, or elsewhere.