Novelleja Decameronesta

Giovanni BoccaccioProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 4.6
Word count
522K words
Chapters
53

Tags

World Classics Foreign Literature Street LifeLove EntanglementsHuman NatureHumorous SatireShort StoriesItalian LiteratureRenaissance

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Novelleja Decameronesta by Giovanni BoccaccioAuthor: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375,Language: Finnish, Class: PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Release Date: Jan 6, 2015

Editor's review

This is a standalone electronic edition of a Finnish translation of selected stories from Boccaccio's Decameron, released by Project Gutenberg. It presents several self-contained tales drawn from the Decameron, preserving the basic character of the original short narratives: direct human motives, crisp plot turns, the atmosphere of late medieval urban life, and a frank treatment of human desire. As a selected translation, its barrier to entry lies not in length but in language—Finnish readers can enter the stories directly, while non-Finnish readers are better served by treating it as language material or an object of textual comparison. For readers studying the transmission and translations of the Decameron, this Finnish selection offers an interesting comparative sample; for ordinary Chinese readers, other language versions are needed to fully grasp the content. Overall, it is best read story by story rather than for continuous plot.

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Reading tips

  1. Start with a story you already know and compare it with a Chinese translation for cuts, changes, and tone.
  2. Read each story independently; do not insist on continuity, and write a brief summary after finishing.
  3. Finnish learners can read a short story first, then review vocabulary and sentence patterns.
  4. Note which stories are chosen and consider why the editor kept them.

About the publisher

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Contents

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FAQ

Does this edition contain all the stories of the Decameron? No. This is a Finnish selection of several stories translated from the Decameron, not the complete one hundred tales. To read the whole book, choose an unabridged translation; this volume is better suited to reading selected pieces or comparing translations.
Can I read this book without knowing Finnish? Reading the main text will be difficult. Readers without Finnish can use it as textual material alongside a Chinese or other-language translation; reading it alone makes story details hard to grasp and the translation's linguistic features hard to appreciate.
What age is the content suitable for? Some stories in the Decameron involve erotic content and satire of clergy, in a frank tone. This selection follows the original style and is better suited to adult readers; younger readers are advised to read with guidance or selected stories.

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About the author

Giovanni Boccaccio Author · Italian · 1313–1375

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) was an Italian writer and poet, a pioneer of Renaissance humanism, and, together with Dante and Petrarch, one of the three great literary figures of his age. His masterpiece, The Decameron, is set against the Black Death in Florence and consists of one hundred stories told in turn by ten young men and women who have fled to the countryside; its themes range over love, wit and human affairs, and its vivid language had a profound influence on European narrative literature. He also wrote works such as Filocolo and Fiammetta, as well as studies on Dante. This collection holds eleven of his works, mostly different editions of The Decameron and related writings, reflecting the humanist concerns of a period of transition from the Middle Ages to the modern era.