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I really need to get around to reading it in Italian, I see Larry Send a noteboard - 28/06/2014 10:23:42 AM

I first read it in the Oxford World's Classics edition almost 20 years ago, so my memory is a bit fuzzy, but I do recall most of the scenes you describe and yes, what you propose does make quite a bit of sense. Wish I could offer more than a hey, I read your review and agree with your points, but I first need to re-read the story, as it's been many years since I last read it.

Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio Tom - 27/06/2014 11:15:53 PM 1167 Views
I really need to get around to reading it in Italian, I see Larry - 28/06/2014 10:23:42 AM 655 Views
It has a lot more color in Italian Tom - 28/06/2014 03:12:45 PM 619 Views
I really enjoyed it when I read it a few years ago. (In translation, of course.) Rebekah - 30/06/2014 02:45:00 PM 606 Views
The Canterbury Tales suffers from being derivative of the Decameron. Tom - 30/06/2014 08:06:59 PM 804 Views
I like the theory aragornital - 01/07/2014 01:43:51 PM 790 Views
Excellent review Tom! everynametaken - 09/07/2014 04:06:14 PM 777 Views
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