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The Decameron

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The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Many notable writers such as Shakespeare and Chaucer are said to have borrowed from The Decameron. (from Wikipedia) (32 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Proem.

7:23

Read by Kristine Bekere

How It Came About

47:53

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 1, The First Story

33:35

Read by musil

Day 1, The Second Story

11:37

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 1, The Third Story

7:57

Read by Jc Guan

Day 1, The Fourth Story

9:44

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 1, The Fifth Story

7:40

Read by Gesine

Day 1, The Sixth Story

6:07

Read by Anna Simon

Day 1, The Seventh Story

11:44

Read by ontheroad

Day 1, The Ninth Story

3:37

Read by Luigina

Day 1, The Eighth Story

6:31

Read by Philippa

Day 1, The Tenth Story

10:42

Read by miette

Day 1, Conclusion

8:16

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 2, Introduction

1:59

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 2, The First Story

13:32

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 2, The Second Story

15:28

Read by ontheroad

Day 2, The Third Story

27:20

Read by miette

Day 2, The Fourth Story

11:59

Read by Philippa

Day 2, The Fifth Story

32:13

Read by Gesine

Day 2, The Sixth Story

29:50

Read by Anna Simon

Day 2, The Seventh Story

56:55

Read by musil

Day 2, The Eighth Story

40:58

Read by Luigina

Day 2, The Ninth Story

34:37

Read by Jc Guan

Day 2, The Tenth Story

18:50

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 2, Conclusion

7:40

Read by miette

Day 3, Introduction

8:38

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 3, The First Story

15:10

Read by ontheroad

Day 3, The Second Story

17:26

Read by miette

Day 3, The Third Story

23:23

Read by Jc Guan

Day 3, The Fourth Story

13:39

Read by musil

Day 3, The Fifth Story

16:29

Read by Luigina

Day 3, The Sixth Story

21:26

Read by Gesine

Day 3, The Seventh Story

38:24

Read by Anna Simon

Day 3, The Eighth Story

24:02

Read by Philippa

Day 3, The Ninth Story

24:52

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 3, The Tenth Story

14:15

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 3, Conclusion

8:28

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 4, Introduction

18:40

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 4, The First Story

26:56

Read by Gesine

Day 4, The Second Story

30:52

Read by miette

Day 4, The Third Story

16:47

Read by Philippa

Day 4, The Fourth Story

14:22

Read by Luigina

Day 4, The Fifth Story

9:55

Read by Jc Guan

Day 4, The Sixth Story

19:54

Read by musil

Day 4, The Seventh Story

9:31

Read by Anna Simon

Day 4, The Eighth Story

14:58

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 4, The Ninth Story

7:59

Read by ontheroad

Day 4, The Tenth Story

20:32

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 4, Conclusion

7:15

Read by ontheroad

Day 5, Introduction

2:41

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 5, The First Story

29:33

Read by musil

Day 5, The Second Story

13:30

Read by Anna Simon

Day 5, The Third Story

18:53

Read by Luigina

Day 5, The Fourth Story

12:22

Read by ontheroad

Day 5, The Fifth Story

16:01

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 5, The Sixth Story

19:01

Read by miette

Day 5, The Seventh Story

16:42

Read by Philippa

Day 5, The Eighth Story

15:05

Read by Jc Guan

Day 5, The Ninth Story

17:05

Read by Gesine

Day 5, The Tenth Story

20:11

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 5, Conclusion

6:33

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 6, Introduction

5:55

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 6, The First Story

4:08

Read by Jc Guan

Day 6, The Second Story

11:59

Read by miette

Day 6, The Third Story

4:59

Read by Philippa

Day 6, The Fourth Story

7:13

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 6, The Fifth Story

6:09

Read by musil

Day 6, The Sixth Story

5:59

Read by Gesine

Day 6, The Seventh Story

6:50

Read by ontheroad

Day 6, The Eighth Story

3:43

Read by Anna Simon

Day 6, The Ninth Story

6:26

Read by Luigina

Day 6, The Tenth Story

19:52

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 6, Conclusion

15:41

Read by Luigina

Day 7, Introduction

3:54

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 7, The First Story

9:55

Read by Anna Simon

Day 7, The Second Story

10:54

Read by ontheroad

Day 7, The Third Story

14:33

Read by Luigina

Day 7, The Fourth Story

10:41

Read by Philippa

Day 7, The Fifth Story

19:59

Read by Gesine

Day 7, The Sixth Story

13:10

Read by miette

Day 7, The Seventh Story

14:59

Read by Jc Guan

Day 7, The Eighth Story

22:01

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 7, The Ninth Story

27:31

Read by musil

Day 7, The Tenth Story

9:24

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 7, Conclusion

7:00

Read by Jc Guan

Day 8, Introduction

1:54

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 8, The First Story

7:51

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 8, The Second Story

14:43

Read by musil

Day 8, The Third Story

22:58

Read by Luigina

Day 8, The Fourth Story

11:34

Read by Anna Simon

Day 8, The Fifth Story

8:00

Read by ontheroad

Day 8, The Sixth Story

16:08

Read by Jc Guan

Day 8, The Seventh Story

1:13:26

Read by miette

Day 8, The Eighth Story

12:28

Read by Gesine

Day 8, The Ninth Story

37:26

Read by Philippa

Day 8, The Tenth Story

27:53

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 8, Conclusion

5:52

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 9, Introduction

3:16

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 9, The First Story

15:16

Read by Jc Guan

Day 9, The Second Story

8:33

Read by Luigina

Day 9, The Third Story

10:25

Read by ontheroad

Day 9, The Fourth Story

11:56

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 9, The Fifth Story

21:32

Read by Gesine

Day 9, The Sixth Story

12:15

Read by musil

Day 9, The Seventh Story

7:28

Read by miette

Day 9, The Eighth Story

8:47

Read by Philippa

Day 9, The Ninth Story

11:43

Read by Anna Simon

Day 9, The Tenth Story

9:05

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 9, Conclusion

5:34

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 10, Introduction

2:19

Read by Kristine Bekere

Day 10, The First Story

8:34

Read by Ruth Golding

Day 10, The Second Story

12:52

Read by Luigina

Day 10, The Third Story

16:06

Read by ontheroad

Day 10, The Fourth Story

17:49

Read by Philippa

Day 10, The Fifth Story

11:06

Read by Anna Simon

Day 10, The Sixth Story

16:55

Read by Gesine

Day 10, The Seventh Story

23:37

Read by miette

Day 10, The Eighth Story, part 1

26:13

Read by Jc Guan

Day 10, The Eighth Story, part 2

24:33

Read by Jc Guan

Day 10, The Ninth Story

47:01

Read by musil

Day 10, The Tenth Story

27:12

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Day 10, Conclusion

9:03

Read by Gesine

The Author's Epilogue

13:29

Read by Kristine Bekere

Bewertungen

excellent stories, lackluster performance

(0 Sterne)

I realize that this is a labor of love, but many of these short stories are unlistenable due to the reader's inability to perform the material. Day 1 the 7th story is read by some fellow who inflects at least 3 or for question marks into each sentence that reads. There is no way for me to follow the story, because of stilted and unnatural delivery. Again, I commend him for taking the time, but the editors of this archive should exert some level of quality control. It is as though someone were in the process of xeroxing a page from this book haphazardly, allowing the book to scoot across the photoglass while being copied; smearing all the words of the story on the copied page to illegibility. What good is that?

Wonderful

(3 Sterne)

Great tales. Ruth Golding and Andy Minter especially did a wonderful job reading and bringing Boccaccio's stories to life. As always, I'm not a fan of readers who have a thick non-native accent (sorry) as I find it hard to get used to their particular inflections and thus hard to focus.

Great BUT

(2 Sterne)

This is a marvellous collection, but a number of the ‘readings’ in English here are very poor, in fact, barely understandable. It is a great tragedy. This well-wrought translation would be greatly improved if narrated by those whose native tongue was English.

Wonderful, funny, amazing stories

(5 Sterne)

Have not listened yet (dling now), but read this delightful book some years ago. The stories are amazingly contemporary, or love, lust, greed and intrigue have not changed at all in hundreds of years. Great book.

the Decameron readers

(2 Sterne)

Unable to understand the reader - disappointed. Was very much looking forward to this book

Better in smaller sections than listening as a single work, I feel.

(0 Sterne)

Without commenting on the readers as other reviewers have done, I'd like to suggest that I may have spoiled the book for myself by listening to The Decameron as a single run through, rather than accepting it is a great monolithic doorstopper and say, listened to something else after every day or second day.

(4,5 Sterne)

Very well done. Length though is close to 32 hours.