{"product_id":"the-decameron-volume-i-of-ii-by-giovanni-boccaccio-fiction-classics-literary-9781603128346","title":"The Decameron, Volume I of II by Giovanni Boccaccio, Fiction, Classics, Literary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Decameron itself is comprised of 100 \"novels\" (or \"novellas\" -- short stories) told over a ten-day period by ten young people: seven ladies, and three young men who flee the plague to a countryside villa, and who vow to tell each other tales each day to pass the time.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the Proem of the Decameron, Boccaccio's description of the bubonic plague that fell upon Florence in 1348 is one of the most accurate, reliable, and detailed to have survived. The \"Brigata,\" or ten young people, tell the tales of the Decameron, which range from tragic romances to erotic visions, to mysterious and ghostly tales of apparitions and magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781603128346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Giovanni Boccaccio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52085547270325,"sku":"9781603128346","price":33.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_fda10829-dd70-40cb-9a4a-3d898cb9a085.jpg?v=1765294495","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-decameron-volume-i-of-ii-by-giovanni-boccaccio-fiction-classics-literary-9781603128346","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}