The Decameron Author:Giovanni Boccaccio The Decameron (c.1351) is an entertaining series of one hundred stories written in the wake of the Black Death. The stories are told in a country villa outside the city of Florence by ten young noble men and women who are seeking to escape the ravages of the plague. Boccaccio's skill as a — dramatist is masterfully displayed in these vivid port... more »raits of people from all stations in life, with plots that revel in a bewildering variety of human reactions.« less