The Decameron
Boccaccio's Tales for an Age
By Kendall Defoe Published 9 months ago • 1 min read
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Was this perfect for our times?
Bought during COVID-19; read at home with quarantine measures and online work around me; glided along the hundred tales (some going too far; others far too simple); respected this classic collection written during its own plague years.
And the women outnumbered the men.
Perfect.
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Kendall Defoe
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Comments (12)
I shall give it a try! Nice critique!
Wasn’t expecting to find a Boccaccio fan here. This one’s an underrated gem. Love the critique!
*Sighs, opens the list and adds this book* Excellent review!
Same as Jazzy, dude. I need to add this to my growing list of "must reads" Great critique!
And now I have YET another book to read
Sweet and to the point. I like it!
I’m intrigued. Always have another book on the shelf to read!
Thanks for sharing . It’s a good thing when women out number men😉
Ya Covid shutdown got me reading lots too. Might look for this
Listen to Mother. This was another very good micro-critique (& good use of those COVID-19 days/weeks/months/years).
Great work! 🥶
Great critique