The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio · 1349 · Novel
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It established a powerful precedent for using a shared crisis and a retreat from society as a sophisticated framing device for a collection of diverse narratives.
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During the Black Death in Florence, ten young people retreat to a villa and tell one hundred stories over ten days to pass the time. These tales range from the erotic to the tragic, often satirizing contemporary society.
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