About the book: 1970 / Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375) is one of the founders of European literature of the Renaissance. This edition includes Boccaccio’s most significant work, “The Decameron.” Young people, fleeing the plague raging in Florence, leave for a country estate. The book consists of short stories told by them over ten days (decameron (Greek) - ten-day diary). Introductory article by R. Khlodovsky. Translation from Italian. N. Lyubimov, edited by N. Tomashevsky. Translation of poems by Yu. Korneev.