The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio ~ Full Audiobook [history]

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio audiobook.

Genre: history

In plague-stricken Florence, a group of ten young nobles-seven women and three men-flee the city for the countryside, hoping to outlast the terror and grief consuming their world. To keep fear and boredom at bay, they agree on a daily ritual: each person will tell a story, and each day will follow a guiding theme chosen by the day's leader. Over ten days, their hundred tales range from bawdy farce to tender romance, from moral fables to biting social satire, revealing a society where wit can be a weapon, desire can upend fortunes, and luck can crown the clever or punish the vain. Merchants, monks, lovers, tricksters, and rulers all take turns at center stage, while the storytellers themselves form a lively chorus that argues about virtue, pleasure, hypocrisy, and the surprising ways people survive hardship. By framing exuberant storytelling against a backdrop of catastrophe, The Decameron becomes both an escape and a mirror: a celebration of human appetite and ingenuity, and a sharp-eyed look at the values that endure when the world feels uncertain.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 000

(00:07:24) Chapter 001

(00:55:24) Chapter 002

(01:29:04) Chapter 003

(01:40:43) Chapter 004

(01:48:41) Chapter 005

(01:58:27) Chapter 006

(02:06:09) Chapter 007

(02:12:18) Chapter 008

(02:24:04) Chapter 009

(02:30:36) Chapter 010

(02:34:14) Chapter 011

(02:44:58) Chapter 012

(02:53:16) Chapter 013

(02:55:15) Chapter 014

(03:08:50) Chapter 015

(03:24:21) Chapter 016

(03:51:45) Chapter 017

(04:03:46) Chapter 018

(04:36:04) Chapter 019

(05:05:58) Chapter 020

(06:03:02) Chapter 021

(06:44:07) Chapter 022

(07:18:49) Chapter 023

(07:37:42) Chapter 024

(07:45:23) Chapter 025

(07:54:03) Chapter 026

(08:09:15) Chapter 027

(08:26:44) Chapter 028

(08:50:11) Chapter 029

(09:03:52) Chapter 030

(09:20:24) Chapter 031

(09:41:54) Chapter 032

(10:20:24) Chapter 033

(10:44:30) Chapter 034

(11:09:26) Chapter 035

(11:23:43) Chapter 036

(11:32:13) Chapter 037

(11:50:56) Chapter 038

(12:17:56) Chapter 039

(12:48:53) Chapter 040

(13:05:42) Chapter 041

(13:20:07) Chapter 042

(13:30:04) Chapter 043

(13:50:02) Chapter 044

(13:59:35) Chapter 045

(14:14:35) Chapter 046

(14:22:36) Chapter 047

(14:43:11) Chapter 048

(14:50:28) Chapter 049

(14:53:10) Chapter 050

(15:22:47) Chapter 051

(15:36:19) Chapter 052

(15:55:15) Chapter 053

(16:07:39) Chapter 054

(16:23:43) Chapter 055

(16:42:47) Chapter 056

(16:59:32) Chapter 057

(17:14:40) Chapter 058

(17:31:47) Chapter 059

(17:52:01) Chapter 060

(17:58:36) Chapter 061

(18:04:32) Chapter 062

(18:08:41) Chapter 063

(18:20:42) Chapter 064

(18:25:42) Chapter 065

(18:32:57) Chapter 066

(18:39:07) Chapter 067

(18:45:08) Chapter 068

(18:51:59) Chapter 069

(18:55:43) Chapter 070

(19:02:11) Chapter 071

(19:22:06) Chapter 072

(19:37:50) Chapter 073

(19:41:45) Chapter 074

(19:51:42) Chapter 075

(20:02:38) Chapter 076

(20:17:13) Chapter 077

(20:27:56) Chapter 078

(20:47:59) Chapter 079

(21:01:11) Chapter 080

(21:16:13) Chapter 081

(21:38:18) Chapter 082

(22:05:54) Chapter 083

(22:15:20) Chapter 084

(22:22:21) Chapter 085

(22:24:16) Chapter 086

(22:32:08) Chapter 087

(22:46:54) Chapter 088

(23:09:55) Chapter 089

(23:21:31) Chapter 090

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