{"product_id":"2940012476821","title":"The Decameron Volume I","description":"PROEM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- FIRST DAY -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL I. - Ser Ciappelletto cheats a holy friar by a false confession, and\u003cbr\u003edies; and, having lived as a very bad man, is, on his death, reputed a\u003cbr\u003esaint, and called San Ciappelletto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL II. - Abraham, a Jew, at the instance of Jehannot de Chevigny, goes to\u003cbr\u003ethe court of Rome, and having marked the evil life of clergy, returns to\u003cbr\u003eParis, and becomes a Christian.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL III. - Melchisedech, a Jew, by a story of three rings averts a danger\u003cbr\u003ewith which he was menaced by Saladin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL IV. - A monk lapses into a sin meriting the most severe punishment,\u003cbr\u003ejustly censures the same fault in his abbot, and thus evades the penalty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL V. - The Marchioness of Monferrato by a banquet of hens seasoned with\u003cbr\u003ewit checks the mad passion of the King of France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VI. - A worthy man by an apt saying puts to shame the wicked hypocrisy\u003cbr\u003eof the religious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VII. - Bergamino, with a story of Primasso and the Abbot of Cluny,\u003cbr\u003efinely censures a sudden access of avarice in Messer Cane della Scala.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VIII. - Guglielmo Borsiere by a neat retort sharply censures avarice\u003cbr\u003ein Messer Ermino de' Grimaldi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL IX. - The censure of a Gascon lady converts the King of Cyprus from a\u003cbr\u003echurlish to an honourable temper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL X. - Master Alberto da Bologna honourably puts to shame a lady who\u003cbr\u003esought occasion to put him to shame in that he was in love with her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- SECOND DAY -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL I. - Martellino pretends to be a paralytic, and makes it appear as if\u003cbr\u003ehe were cured by being placed upon the body of St. Arrigo. His trick is\u003cbr\u003edetected; he is beaten and arrested, and is in peril of hanging, but finally\u003cbr\u003eescapes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL II. - Rinaldo d'Asti is robbed, arrives at Castel Guglielmo, and is\u003cbr\u003eentertained by a widow lady; his property is restored to him, and he returns\u003cbr\u003ehome safe and sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL III. - Three young men squander their substance and are reduced to\u003cbr\u003epoverty. Their nephew, returning home a desperate man, falls in with an\u003cbr\u003eabbot, in whom he discovers the daughter of the King of England. She marries\u003cbr\u003ehim, and he retrieves the losses and re-establishes the fortune of his\u003cbr\u003euncles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL IV. - Landolfo Ruffolo is reduced to poverty, turns corsair, is\u003cbr\u003ecaptured by Genoese, is shipwrecked, escapes on a chest full of jewels, and,\u003cbr\u003ebeing cast ashore at Corfu, is hospitably entertained by a woman, and\u003cbr\u003ereturns home wealthy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL V. - Andreuccio da Perugia comes to Naples to buy horses, meets with\u003cbr\u003ethree serious adventures in one night, comes safe out of them all, and\u003cbr\u003ereturns home with a ruby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VI. - Madam Beritola loses two sons, is found with two kids on an\u003cbr\u003eisland, goes thence to Lunigiana, where one of her sons takes service with\u003cbr\u003eher master, and lies with his daughter, for which he is put in prison.\u003cbr\u003eSicily rebels against King Charles, the son is recognized by the mother,\u003cbr\u003emarries the master's daughter, and, his brother being discovered, is\u003cbr\u003ereinstated in great honour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VII. - The Soldan of Babylon sends one of his daughters overseas,\u003cbr\u003edesigning to marry her to the King of Algarve. By divers adventures she\u003cbr\u003ecomes in the space of four years into the hands of nine men in divers place.\u003cbr\u003eAt last she is restored to her father, whom she quits again in the guise of\u003cbr\u003ea virgin, and, as was at first intended, is married to the King of Algarve.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL VIII. - The Count of Antwerp, labouring under a false accusation, goes\u003cbr\u003einto exile. He leaves his two children in different places in England, and\u003cbr\u003etakes service in Ireland. Returning to England an unknown man, he finds his\u003cbr\u003esons prosperous. He serves as a groom in the army of the King of France; his\u003cbr\u003einnocence is established, and he is restored to his former honours.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL IX. - Bernabo of Genoa, deceived by Ambrogiuolo, loses his money and\u003cbr\u003ecommands his innocent wife to be put to death. She escapes, habits herself\u003cbr\u003eas a man, and serves the Soldan. She discovers the deceiver, and brings\u003cbr\u003eBernabo to Alexandria, where the deceiver is punished. She then resumes the\u003cbr\u003egarb of a woman, and with her husband returns wealthy to Genoa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL X. - Paganino da Monaco carries off the wife of Messer Ricciardo di\u003cbr\u003eChinzica, who, having learned where she is, goes to Paganino and in a\u003cbr\u003efriendly manner asks him to restore her. He consents, provided she be\u003cbr\u003ewilling. She refuses to go back with her husband. Messer Ricciardo dies, and\u003cbr\u003eshe marries Paganino.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- THIRD DAY -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNOVEL I. - Masetto da Lamporecchio feigns to be dumb, and obtains a\u003cbr\u003egardener's place at a convent of women, who with one accord make haste to\u003cbr\u003elie with him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152460300528,"sku":"2940012476821","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012476821_p0.jpg?v=1763569256","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012476821","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}