The Decameron
in Two Volumes - Volume One
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Word Count
104,000 words, Guess
Page Count
416 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7591897M
- ISBN-139780460008457
- ISBN-100460008455
- OCLC Control Number2280970
- OCLC Control Numberdecameron0000bocc_d4g4
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Numbera31000567
- LibraryThing2945100
Classifications
- LCCPQ4272.E5 A37 1930
First Sentence
Every time I stop to consider your natural inclination to pity, most gracious ladies, I recognize that you will find the opening of this present work abhorrent and distressing; for so is the painful recapitulation of the recent deadly plague, which occasioned hardship and grief to everyone who witnessed it or had some experience of it, and which marks the introduction of my work.
Other Editions
- The Decameron: in Two Volumes - Volume One
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