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The Decameron: Or Ten Days' Entertainment
Giovanni Boccaccio
Written by Giovanni Boccaccio 1 audiobook with Academy Voices
Giovanni Boccaccio was an Italian writer, poet and humanist, a friend and correspondent of Petrarch. More about Giovanni Boccaccio →
Mary Ellin Kurtz
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The Decameron: Or Ten Days' Entertainment

by Giovanni Boccaccio · read by Mary Ellin Kurtz · 41 min

In 1348 the plague is raging in Florence. Seven young women and three young men leave the city for a country villa, where they spend ten days telling stories to pass the time.

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In 1348 the plague is raging in Florence. Seven young women and three young men leave the city for a country villa, where they spend ten days telling stories to pass the time. The tales are about love, tricks, fortune and wit. Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron is one of the great works of Italian literature. This is a short reading of it by Mary Ellin Kurtz, running forty-one minutes. A good first taste of a medieval classic.

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Details
Length
41 min
Narration
Solo narrator
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Released
October 2025
Publisher
Academy Voices
Language
English
ISBN
9798295346897
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This edition of The Decameron: Or Ten Days' Entertainment by Giovanni Boccaccio is narrated by Mary Ellin Kurtz.

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It runs 41 min, unabridged, so you hear the complete text.

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