Decameron

Author: (Italian) Giovanni Boccaccio
Translator: Wang Yongnian
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The Decameron is the first realist masterpiece in the history of Italian literature and a literary work with great social value in world literature. The famous Italian modern critic Santici once ranked The Decameron alongside Dante's The Divine Comedy, calling it "The Human Comedy." The Decameron has had a profound influence on later writers. Works such as Shakespeare's Cymbeline, Keats's Isabella, and La Fontaine's Fables drew inspiration from The Decameron, while Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales and Marguerite de Navarre's Heptaméron borrowed its framework and artistic conception. It was selected for the "100 World Classics" list recommended by the American Book of the Year, and for the "Personal Ideal Library" list recommended by the French Les Livres.