{"product_id":"2940012476807","title":"The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio","description":"_Contents_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROEM.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAY THE FIRST 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST STORY. _Master Ciappelletto dupeth a holy friar with a false\u003cbr\u003econfession and dieth; and having been in his lifetime the worst of\u003cbr\u003emen, he is, after his death, reputed a saint and called Saint\u003cbr\u003eCiappelletto_ 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECOND STORY. _Abraham the Jew, at the instigation of Jehannot de\u003cbr\u003eChevigné, goeth to the Court of Rome and seeing the depravity of the\u003cbr\u003eclergy, returneth to Paris and there becometh a Christian_ 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THIRD STORY. _Melchizedek the Jew, with a story of three rings,\u003cbr\u003eescapeth a parlous snare set for him by Saladin_ 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOURTH STORY. _A monk, having fallen into a sin deserving of very\u003cbr\u003egrievous punishment, adroitly reproaching the same fault to his abbot,\u003cbr\u003equitteth himself of the penalty_ 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIFTH STORY. _The Marchioness of Monferrato, with a dinner of hens\u003cbr\u003eand certain sprightly words, curbeth the extravagant passion of the\u003cbr\u003eKing of France_ 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SIXTH STORY. _An honest man, with a chance pleasantry, putteth to\u003cbr\u003eshame the perverse hypocrisy of the religious orders_ 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SEVENTH STORY. _Bergamino, with a story of Primasso and the Abbot\u003cbr\u003eof Cluny, courteously rebuketh a fit of parsimony newly come to Messer\u003cbr\u003eCane della Scala_ 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EIGHTH STORY. _Guglielmo Borsiere with some quaint words rebuketh\u003cbr\u003ethe niggardliness of Messer Ermino de' Grimaldi_ 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NINTH STORY. _The King of Cyprus, touched to the quick by a Gascon\u003cbr\u003elady, from a mean-spirited prince becometh a man of worth and\u003cbr\u003evaliance_ 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE TENTH STORY. _Master Alberto of Bologna civilly putteth a lady to\u003cbr\u003ethe blush who thought to have shamed him of being enamoured of her_ 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDAY THE SECOND 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIRST STORY. _Martellino feigneth himself a cripple and maketh\u003cbr\u003ebelieve to wax whole upon the body of St. Arrigo. His imposture being\u003cbr\u003ediscovered, he is beaten and being after taken [for a thief,] goeth in\u003cbr\u003eperil of being hanged by the neck, but ultimately escapeth_ 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECOND STORY. _Rinaldo d'Asti, having been robbed, maketh his way\u003cbr\u003eto Castel Guglielmo, where he is hospitably entertained by a widow\u003cbr\u003elady and having made good his loss, returneth to his own house, safe\u003cbr\u003eand sound_ 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE THIRD STORY. _Three young men squander their substance and become\u003cbr\u003epoor; but a nephew of theirs, returning home in desperation, falleth\u003cbr\u003ein with an abbot and findeth him to be the king's daughter of England,\u003cbr\u003ewho taketh him to husband and maketh good all his uncles' losses,\u003cbr\u003erestoring them to good estate_ 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FOURTH STORY. _Landolfo Ruffolo, grown poor, turneth corsair and\u003cbr\u003ebeing taken by the Genoese, is wrecked at sea, but saveth himself upon\u003cbr\u003ea coffer full of jewels of price and being entertained in Corfu by a\u003cbr\u003ewoman, returneth home rich_ 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FIFTH STORY. _Andreuccio of Perugia, coming to Naples to buy\u003cbr\u003ehorses, is in one night overtaken with three grievous accidents, but\u003cbr\u003eescapeth them all and returneth home with a ruby_ 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SIXTH STORY. _Madam Beritola, having lost her two sons, is found\u003cbr\u003eon a desert island with two kids and goeth thence into Lunigiana,\u003cbr\u003ewhere one of her sons, taking service with the lord of the country,\u003cbr\u003elieth with his daughter and is cast into prison. Sicily after\u003cbr\u003erebelling against King Charles and the youth being recognized by his\u003cbr\u003emother, he espouseth his lord's daughter, and his brother being\u003cbr\u003elikewise found, they are all three restored to high estate_ 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SEVENTH STORY. _The Soldan of Babylon sendeth a daughter of his to\u003cbr\u003ebe married to the King of Algarve, and she, by divers chances, in the\u003cbr\u003espace of four years cometh to the hands of nine men in various places.\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, being restored to her father for a maid, she goeth to the\u003cbr\u003eKing of Algarve to wife, as first she did_ 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EIGHTH STORY. _The Count of Antwerp, being falsely accused, goeth\u003cbr\u003einto exile and leaveth his two children in different places in\u003cbr\u003eEngland, whither, after awhile, returning in disguise and finding them\u003cbr\u003ein good case, he taketh service as a horseboy in the service of the\u003cbr\u003eKing of France and being approved innocent, is restored to his former\u003cbr\u003eestate_ 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NINTH STORY. _Bernabo of Genoa, duped by Ambrogiuolo, loseth his\u003cbr\u003egood and commandeth that his innocent wife be put to death. She\u003cbr\u003eescapeth and serveth the Soldan in a man's habit. Here she lighteth\u003cbr\u003eupon the deceiver of her husband and bringeth the latter to\u003cbr\u003eAlexandria, where, her traducer being punished, she resumeth woman's\u003cbr\u003eapparel and returneth to Genoa with her husband, rich_ 111","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152460267760,"sku":"2940012476807","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012476807_p0.jpg?v=1763569506","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012476807","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}