Bawdy and moving, hilarious and reflective: these stories offer the very best of Boccaccio's Decameron--the inspiration for the new film The Little Hours--in a brilliant, playful new translation

In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each other stories--one hundred stories of love, adventure, and surprising twists of fortune that later inspired Chaucer, Keats, and Shakespeare. Now, this hugely enjoyable volume collects the best stories of Boccaccio's...

Published in 1990: This book tells the life story of Dante, the poet and his work.