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''The Decameron'' is a classic work of [[Useful Notes/Italy|Italian]] literature, written c.1350-53 by [[Giovanni Boccaccio (Creator)|Giovanni Boccaccio]].▼
| title = The Decameron
| original title = Decameron
| image = Lauretta-by-jules-joseph-lefebvre.jpg
| caption = Lauretta (one of the narrators), by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
| author = Giovanni Boccaccio
| central theme =
| elevator pitch = A collection of short stories on various themes
| genre = medieval allegory
| publication date = c.1350
| source page exists =
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▲''[[The Decameron]]'' is a classic work of [[
In the midst of [[The Black Death]], ten wealthy Florentines decamp to the countryside with their retinue, and pass their days in storytelling, in an attempt to reclaim a world that everywhere is dying.
Over the course of ten days, the three men and seven women tell a hundred stories, full of generous aristocrats, clever tricks, toilet humor, lustful women, wicked churchmen and lots of illicit sex. Boccaccio himself steps out of the shadows twice (once in the introduction to the fourth day, once in the epilogue) to deliver impassioned, hilarious, [[Self-Deprecation|self-deprecating]], and (in the case of the epilogue) incredibly obscene defenses of his work.
Famous stories include:
* Day 1, story 1: Ciapelletto, a notoriously wicked [[Amoral Attorney]] and scoundrel (he's a
* Day 1, story 2: A Jew converts to Catholicism after seeing the corruption of Rome, reasoning that if Christianity can still spread even when its hierarchy is so sinful, it has to have something else going for it
* Day 3, story 1: Masetto da Lamporecchio feigns to be dumb to win a seat as gardener in a convent. He ends up having sex with all of the nuns.
* Day 3, story 10: Long considered the most obscene and was censored or removed in translations for a significant period. Might be a codifier of [[Is That What They
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* [[An Aesop]]: All the stories end with some kind of lesson. However, some of them fall into other categories:
** [[Captain Obvious Aesop]]
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* [[Toilet Humour]]
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Putting the Devil back into Hell".
* [[Villain
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: (Day 1, story 1), (Day 4, story 2), (Day 5, story 1).
* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]]: Alibech (Day 3, story 10).
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