Used paperback in fair condition. Dust jacket well worn. Cover shows slight handling wear at top of spine. Pages show minimal wear but well discoloured with age. 255 pages. Published by Queensway Library, 1938. ISBN n/a. Further reading on the background of this edition.

The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid portraits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.

This volume contains 20 of the stories, day 1 and day 2.