covering topics such as socialization
and personal stories from women
the resurrection
Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India
The Decameron Abridged (2003) covering topics such as socializationSet against the background of the Black Death of 1348, the hundred linked tales in Giovanni Boccaccio's undisputed masterpiece are peopled by nobles, knights, abbots, nuns, doctors, lawyers, philosophers, students, artists, tradesmen, troubadours, peasants, pilgrims, servants, spendthrifts, thieves, parasites, gluttons, gamblers, police and lovers, both faithful and faithless. Unabashedly earthy in its sensuality, The Decameron recaptures both the