The Decameron
(eAudiobook)
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Contributors:
Published:
[United States] : Canongate Books, 2023.
Format:
eAudiobook
Edition:
Unabridged.
Content Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file (2hr., 25 min.)) : digital.
Lexile measure:
1500L
Status:
Description
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) was an early Italian author and poet, a student and friend of Petrarch. Excerpts are read by top British actors including Rupert Friend, Coral Beed, James Rawlings and Maimie McCoy. A rude, crude, bawdy and often hilarious collection of sexy tongue-in-cheek tales, The Decameron is a fourteenth-century Italian collection of 100 novellas which heavily influenced the style and content of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with its bawdy tales of love, adventure and religion. All stories are complete and unabridged.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780857864925, 0857864920
Lexile measure:
1500
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Restrictions on Access
Instant title available through hoopla.
Participants/Performers
Read by Nigel Planer.
Description
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75) was an early Italian author and poet, a student and friend of Petrarch. Excerpts are read by top British actors including Rupert Friend, Coral Beed, James Rawlings and Maimie McCoy. A rude, crude, bawdy and often hilarious collection of sexy tongue-in-cheek tales, The Decameron is a fourteenth-century Italian collection of 100 novellas which heavily influenced the style and content of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales with its bawdy tales of love, adventure and religion. All stories are complete and unabridged.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Boccaccio, G., & Planer, N. (2023). The Decameron. Unabridged. Canongate Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Boccaccio, Giovanni and Nigel, Planer. 2023. The Decameron. Canongate Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Boccaccio, Giovanni and Nigel, Planer, The Decameron. Canongate Books, 2023.
MLA Citation (style guide)Boccaccio, Giovanni, and Nigel Planer. The Decameron. Unabridged. Canongate Books, 2023.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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Grouped Work ID:
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