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Mrs Rosie and the Priest
Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
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Mrs Rosie and the Priest
Contains four provocative stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests.
Bawdy tales of pimps, cuckolds, lovers and clever women from the fourteenth-century Florentine masterpiece The Decameron.
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Little Black Classics – the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary
Mrs Rosie and the Priest
'When the men were off somewhere, he would come visiting their wives more solicitously than any priest they'd had before...'
Mrs Rosie and the Priest is part of the delightful collection of short stories showcasing Giovanni Boccaccio's wit and insight into human nature. This intriguing tale highlights themes of deceit and seduction, providing a humorous yet critical view of the societal dynamics of the time.
Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780141397825
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 February 2015
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Translated by Peter Hainsworth
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 5.0mm
Width: 111.0mm
Height: 161.0mm
Weight: 53g
Pages: 64
About the Author
Boccaccio was born in Florence in 1313. He later moved to Naples, where he became part of the circle at court and started writing books. In 1348, he witnessed the plague in Florence, which killed half the city's population and would become the backdrop to his masterpiece,The Decameron. In later life he befriended the poet Petrarch, who left to him in his will an ermine robe to keep him warm when studying on winter nights. Boccaccio died in 1375.
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