The Heptameron
$35.75
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
1 July 1984
Summary
A fascinating and witty collection of stories, giving great insight into sixteenth-century France In the early 1500s five men and five women find themselves trapped by floods and compelled to take refuge in an abbey high in the Pyrenees. When told they must wait days for a bridge to be repaired, they are inspired - by recalling Boccaccio’s Decameron - to pass the time in a cultured manner by each telling a story every day. The stories, however, soon degenerate into a verbal battle between the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140443554 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044355X |
| Author: | Marguerite De Navarre, Paul Chilton |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 1984 |
| Weight: | 376g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 133mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Marguerite De Navarre
Paul A. Chilton is Senior Lecturer at the University of Warwick. He is the author of books and articles on French Renaissance literature and on language, society and politics.
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