Selections from the Decameron

This new selection of the bawdy tales from the world-famous "Decameron" will charm & delight the reader. In the tales, set in 1348, seven young women & three young men decide to escape to the countryside from the Black Death which is ravaging their native city of Florence, Italy. To while away their voluntary exile, they resort to story-telling. Many of the tales were straightforward narratives, but in the age-old manner of young people everywhere, some of the stories were saucy, suggestive or downright rude. A Wordsworth Classic Erotica unexpurgated edition.