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Boccaccio, _Decameron_

Boccaccio's Decameron is a collection of tales collected ca. 1350, introduced by a frame narrative in which the plague of 1348 leads a group of aristocratic ladies and gentlemen to flee the city of Florence for the refuge of country villas, where they tell the stories of which the collection consists.

For a full text (including especially the "Induction," which describes the plague) and a thorough treatment of the contexts, see The Decameron Web [external link].

The Last Man
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The Last Man

  • The Last Man
    • About this Edition
    • Volume 1
      • Introduction
      • Chapter I.
      • Chapter II.
      • Chapter III.
      • Chapter IV.
      • Chapter IV[a]
      • Chapter V.
      • Chapter VI
      • Chapter VII.
      • Chapter VIII.
      • Chapter IX.
      • Chapter X.
    • Volume 2
      • Chapter I.
      • Chapter II.
      • Chapter III.
      • Chapter IV.
      • Chapter V.
      • Chapter VI.
      • Chapter VII.
      • Chapter VIII.
      • Chapter IX.
    • Volume 3
      • Chapter I.
      • Chapter II.
      • Chapter III.
      • Chapter IV.
      • Chapter V.
      • Chapter VI.
      • Chapter VII.
      • Chapter VIII.
      • Chapter IX.
      • Chapter X.
    • Other Works by Mary Shelley
    • Mary Shelley's Citations
    • Bibliography
    • Maps
    • Selected Images and Sound
    • ASCII Version
    • SGML Version (external link)
    • Critical Articles on _The Last Man_
    • Other Works on Plague
      • Boccaccio, _Decameron_
      • Selection from _Arthur Mervyn_ by Charles Brockden Brown
      • Selections from _Letter to Noble Lord_ by Edmund Burke
      • Selections from _A Journal of the Plague Year_ by Daniel Defoe
      • Godwin vs. Malthus
      • Selection from _City of the Plague_ by John Wilson
    • A Contemporary Parody
    • Other Works on "The Last Man"
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Paul Youngquist

Orrin N.C. Wang

Orrin N.C. Wang

 
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