The Decameron

The Decameron

1349 • 418 pages

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Average rating3.5

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Fantasy, Italian old world romantic entertainments

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I am enjoying the 100 stories.

September 19, 2009

Black plague vacation
love letter to cuckolding,
mean pranks, horny nuns.

August 27, 2019

I gave this four stars instead of five, only because of the narrator Frederick Davidson, who has annoying speech patterns, and sounds bored with the material. It was hard to get through, and I usually avoid his books, but I really wanted to listen to this.

September 26, 2016

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