Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was an Italian writer, poet, and scholar, best known for his influential work "The Decameron." Written during the Black Death, "The Decameron" is a collection of 100 tales told by ten young people seeking refuge from the plague, showcasing Boccaccio's mastery of human psychology and social commentary. He was a key figure in the Italian Renaissance and an important humanist, whose writings bridged medieval and Renaissance literature. Besides "The Decameron," his works include "On Famous Women" and "The Elegy of Lady Fiammetta," both reflecting his wide-ranging literary and historical interests.

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Chapter I Wherein the lady describes who she was, and by what signs her misfortunes were foreshadowed, and at what time, and where, and in what manner, and of whom she became enamored, with the description of the ensuing delight. In the time when the newly-vestured earth appears more lovely than during all the rest of the year came I into the world, begotten of noble parents and born amid the unstinted... more...

NOVEL I. — Cimon, by loving, waxes wise, wins his wife Iphigenia by capture on the high seas, and is imprisoned at Rhodes. He is delivered by Lysimachus; and the twain capture Cassandra and recapture Iphigenia in the hour of their marriage. They flee with their ladies to Crete, and having there married them, are brought back to their homes. — Many stories, sweet my ladies, occur to me as meet for... more...