Perceptive and well-written adaptation of Boccaccio's masterpiece, The Decameron. Superb reading for student and layman alike.
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1;TABLE OF CONTENTS;12 2;FOREWORD;8 3;THE FIRST DAY: Free Topics;22 4;THE BUBONIC PLAGUE;23 4.1;1. The Fake Sanctified;26 4.2;2. The Converted Jew;30 4.3;3. The Jewish Moneylender;32 4.4;4. The Lewd Abbot;33 4.5;5. The Marchioness's Reproof;35 4.6;6. A Greedy Inquisitor;36 4.7;7. Shameful Avarice;38 4.8;8. The Scorned Merchant;39 4.9;9. A Rebuked King;40 4.10;10. A Wise Man in Love;41 5;THE SECOND DAY: Mishaps with a Happy Ending;42 5.1;11. Assumed Miracle;43 5.2;12. What a Night!;45 5.3;13. The Disguised Abbot;48 5.4;14. The Lucky Corsair;51 5.5;15. The Duped Duper;53 5.6;16. An Adventurous Mother;57 5.7;17. The Re-virgined Princess;60 5.8;18. Feminine Revenge;65 5.9;19. Heroic Chaste Wife;68 5.10;20. A Lovable Pirate;72 6;THE THIRD DAY: Satisfied Wishes;76 6.1;21. Seduced by Nuns;77 6.2;22. The Raped Queen;79 6.3;23. Unaware Middleman;81 6.4;24. The Road to Holiness;84 6.5;25. A Wife for a Horse;86 6.6;26. A Jealous Wife;88 6.7;27. The Lover's Return;91 6.8;28. A Drunkard in Purgatory;94 6.9;29. The Estranged Wife;96 6.10;30. The Devil's Burial;99 7;THE FOURTH DAY: Tragic Love Stories;102 7.1;31. The Princess's Lover;103 7.2;32. The Angel's Lover;105 7.3;33. Love and Crime;108 7.4;34. A Fatal Attack;110 7.5;35. Jealous Brothers;112 7.6;36. Foreboding Dreams;114 7.7;37. The Poisonous Leaf;116 7.8;38. Love and Death;117 7.9;39. The Lover's Heart;119 7.10;40. The Drugged Lover;121 8;THE FIFTH DAY: Difficult Cases with a Happy Course;124 8.1;41. From Bum to Gentleman;125 8.2;42. Rediscovered Lovers;127 8.3;43. Dangerous Elopement;129 8.4;44. The Caged Nightingale;131 8.5;45. Rivals in Love;134 8.6;46. The Forgiven Seducer;136 8.7;47. The Boss's Daughter;138 8.8;48. An Instructive Vision;140 8.9;49. The Untimely Banquet;142 8.10;50. A Mismatched Couple;144 9;THE SIXTH DAY: Witty Answers;146 9.1;51. A Bad Storyteller;147 9.2;52. An Indiscreet Request;148 9.3;53. The Unwise Bishop;149 9.4;54. The One-legged Stork;150 9.5;55. The Witty Painter;151 9.6;56. An Absurd Bet;15
2 9.7;57. Legalized Adultery;153 9.8;58. Bantered Vanity;154 9.9;59. The Flouted Mocker;155 9.10;60. The Miracle Peddler;156 10;THE SEVENTH DAY: Tricky Wives;158 10.1;61. The Unfaithful Sorceress;159 10.2;62. The Hidden Lover;161 10.3;63. Sex and Exorcism;163 10.4;64. The Jealous Cuckold;165 10.5;65. Jealousy and Adultery;167 10.6;66. The Unexpected Husband;169 10.7;67. The Esquire's Passion;171 10.8;68. A Crafty Wife;173 10.9;69. The Overcautious Lover;175 10.10;70. Forgiven Adultery;177 11;THE EIGHTH DAY: Hoaxes and Conjugal Triangles;178 11.1;71. A Wife's Loan;179 11.2;72. The Sexual Urge of a Priest;180 11.3;73. The Magic Stone;182 11.4;74. The Trapped Priest;184 11.5;75. The Fooled Judge;185 11.6;76. Robbed and Fooled;186 11.7;77. The Scholar's Revenge;188 11.8;78. Unplanned Wife Swapping;191 11.9;79. The Silly Physician;193 11.10;80. The Duped Whore;196 12;THE NINTH DAY: Unrestricted Topics;200 12.1;81. The Undesirable Suitors;201 12.2;82. The Sinful Nun;203 12.3;83. The Pregnant Man;205 12.4;84. An Ungrateful Swindler;207 12.5;85. Framed-up Lover;209 12.6;86. Sex Orgy in the Dark;211 12.7;87. The Suspicious Wife;214 12.8;88. The Revenge of a Glutton;215 12.9;89. Solomon's Advice;217 12.10;90. The Interrupted Enchantment;219 13;THE TENTH DAY: Generous and Chivalric Deeds;222 13.1;91. The Unrewarded Knight;223 13.2;92. The Dieting Abbot;224 13.3;93. The Two Philanthropists;226 13.4;94. The Discreet Lover;229 13.5;95. Magic and Love;231 13.6;96. The Ashamed King;233 13.7;97. The Commoner and the King;235 13.8;98. The Replaced Husband;238 13.9;99. Timely Return;241 13.10;100. The Patient Wife;244 14;CONCLUSION;247
