Comments on: 10 Days of the Decameron http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sat, 26 May 2012 18:12:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Anonymously http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-458028 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:43:41 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-458028 Just got my copy in the mail.

]]> By: DK http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-125085 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:18:27 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-125085 Sane One-I know it’s been some time since you posted this, but if you are still around I hope you see this. The book was originally written in Italian, and has been translated several times into English. The one I ordered is the translation by Musa & Bondanella, and it is a modern translation. There are also footnotes to explain strange phrasing etc to make things a little more clear.

I’ve enjoyed this book, but haven’t finished it yet. It’s not a book I can sit & read through in one go, I’ll read a few stories from it, then put it down for several weeks to read other things, then come back to this for a few more stories.

]]> By: The Only Sane One http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-97898 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:01:57 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-97898 I’m in my third year of college and had not heard of it, although I’m not really taking literature classes. In high school we read some pretty forgettable books, an exception being Huxley’s Brave New World. My question is, is this book approachable, or is it all “Olde English?” I can’t stand most of Shakespeare simply because it seems to be written in a foreign language, it’s too much work to understand.

]]> By: LilPete http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-68917 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:10:14 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-68917 Wow… It’s really amazing to know that must of these people didn’t know anything about this book… I am from Mexico, attended both HS and College in the same country. During my junior year in HS I had my second Literature class, even when we didn’t have to read the book, it was mentioned in the course along with many other ‘Classics’ such as Iliad, Odyssey, Dante’s Comedy, and many others… I read it before I was 21 (I am 33 now). It’s a really good one.

]]> By: Estelle http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-60962 Thu, 01 May 2008 20:21:10 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-60962 For those considering seeing the movie I would advise against it. Unless, by some miracle, they changed the entire film. I saw it when it was first screened at the 2006 Paris Film Festival. It was horrible. Quite possibly one of the worst films I’ve seen.

]]> By: cautionblack http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-56868 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:34:07 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-56868 VIRGIN TERRITORY

]]> By: MeadOldMan http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-41719 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:01:56 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-41719 jfrater: Just because I was curious after I made those remarks, I started looking for more copies, possibly ebay or somesuch. Imagine my surprise when I came upon a website where someone had scanned in EVERY book EVER written by Burton. 1001 Nights and all the addenda, the Kama Sutra, his trips to Mecca and Medina, everything, scanned in PDF format and searchable. Almost makes me wish I hadn’t started looking, I’ll never have enough time to read all these now…

Oh, and the website is http://www.burtoniana.org

Happy reading!

]]> By: DK http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-40140 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:24:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-40140 Hah! don’t I look silly, soon as I finished reading descriptions I came straight to the comments!

]]> By: jfrater http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-40137 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:24:26 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-40137 MeadOldMan: brilliant! Thanks for the suggestion – I desperately must own a copy of those volumes now!

]]> By: jfrater http://listverse.com/2007/12/10/10-days-of-the-decameron/comment-page-1/#comment-40136 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:22:33 +0000 http://listverse.com/literature/10-days-of-the-decameron/#comment-40136 Oh – and I have removed those pointless comments.

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