01494cam a2200313 4500 1056040485 TxAuBib 20141219120000.0 790515s1979||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 79101460 KHPB566 KHP566 TxAuBib eng ita Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Decamerone English. The Decameron / Giovanni Boccaccio ; translated by G. H. McWilliam. A limited ed. Franklin Center, Pa. : Franklin Library, 1979. xxxi, 738 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 100 greatest books of all time, The "Notes from the editors": 22 p. inserted. A 14th-century medieval allegory by Giovanni Boccaccio, told as a frame story encompassing 100 tales by ten young people. Boccaccio probably began composing the work in 1350, and finished it in 1351 or 1353. The various tales of love in The Decameron range from the erotic to the tragic. Tales of wit, practical jokes, and life lessons contribute to the mosaic. In addition to its literary import, it documents life in 14th-century Italy. 20130214. Plague Europe History Fiction. Storytelling Fiction. Allegories. Frame-stories. McWilliam, G. H, (George Henry.) The 100 greatest books of all time.