The Decameron (Illustrated)

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• A terrible plague is ravaging Florence, Italy. To flee from it, a group of seven young women and three young men, who meet by chance in a church, decide to go to a villa out of town. There they set up a working arrangement whereby each will be king or queen for a day. During the ten days they stay in the country, each tells a story, following certain stipulations laid down by the daily ruler. The stories range from romance to farce, from comedy to tragedy.