Decamerone

An outstanding Italian writer of the 14th century, poet, scientist, prose writer, friend of Petrarch, admirer and researcher of Dante's work - this is far from all that can be said about one of the founders of Italian literature, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375).

"Dekameron" is a book of short stories containing a hundred stories told by young people in ten days (hence the name of the work - "Dekameron", from the Greek - "ten-daily"), stories about a person, his sins and victories, about overcoming difficulties , love, joy, about disappointments and hopes, in one word - about life. In recent years, the writer, tired of the attacks of the church, was ready to recognize the "Decameron" as a mistake of his youth, but descendants called this "mistake" Boccaccio's most famous work, a world masterpiece that made his name immortal.