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- Herausgeber: Maria
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017
The Decameron is a collection of 100 novels written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the 14th century and is considered one of the most important works of the 14th century European literature. For its salient features, Boccaccio's work must certainly be counted among the works that inspired the ideal of hedonistic life typical of humanist and Renaissance culture, which hoped for a life dedicated to the pleasure and worship of serene living. The book tells of a group of young men, seven women and three men, who stay out of Florence for ten days to escape the black plague that was bursting in the city at that time, and that in turn, they talk of often humorous stories and with frequent references to the bucolic erotism of time.
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Table of Contents
PROEM.
DAY THE FIRST
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the First]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the First]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the First]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the First]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the First]
DAY THE SECOND
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Second]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Second]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Second]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Second]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Second]
DAY THE THIRD
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Third]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Third]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Third]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Third]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Third]
DAY THE FOURTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Fourth]
DAY THE FIFTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Fifth]
DAY THE SIXTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Sixth]
DAY THE SEVENTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Seventh]
DAY THE EIGHTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Eighth]
DAY THE NINTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Ninth]
DAY THE TENTH
THE FIRST STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE SECOND STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE THIRD STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE FOURTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE FIFTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE SIXTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE SEVENTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE EIGHTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE NINTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
THE TENTH STORY. [Day the Tenth]
CONCLUSION OF THE AUTHOR
THE DECAMERON
of
Giovanni Boccaccio
First digital edition 2018 by Maria Ruggieri
PROEM.
HERE BEGINNETH THE BOOK CALLED DECAMERON AND SURNAMED PRINCE GALAHALT WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED AN HUNDRED STORIES IN TEN DAYS TOLD BY SEVEN LADIES AND THREE YOUNG MEN
A kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in any, amongst whom, if ever any had need thereof or held it dear or took pleasure therein aforetimes, certes, I am one of these. For that, having from my first youth unto this present been beyond measure inflamed with a very high and noble passion (higher and nobler, perchance, than might appear, were I to relate it, to sort with my low estate) albeit by persons of discretion who had intelligence thereof I was commended therefor and accounted so much the more worth, natheless a passing sore travail it was to me to bear it, not, certes, by reason of the cruelty of the beloved lady, but because of the exceeding ardour begotten in my breast of an ill-ordered appetite, for which, for that it suffered me not to stand content at any reasonable bounds, caused me ofttimes feel more chagrin than I had occasion for. In this my affliction the pleasant discourse of a certain friend of mine and his admirable consolations afforded me such refreshment that I firmly believe of these it came that I died not. But, as it pleased Him who, being Himself infinite, hath for immutable law appointed unto all things mundane that they shall have an end, my love, beyond every other fervent and which nor stress of reasoning nor counsel, no, nor yet manifest shame nor peril that might ensue thereof, had availed either to break or to bend, of its own motion, in process of time, on such wise abated that of itself at this present it hath left me only that pleasance which it is used to afford unto whoso adventureth himself not too far in the navigation of its profounder oceans; by reason whereof, all chagrin being done away, I feel it grown delightsome, whereas it used to be grievous. Yet, albeit the pain hath ceased, not, therefore, is the memory fled of the benefits whilom received and the kindnesses bestowed on me by those to whom, of the goodwill they bore me, my troubles were grievous; nor, as I deem, will it ever pass away, save for death. And for that gratitude, to my thinking, is, among the other virtues, especially commendable and its contrary blameworthy, I have, that I may not appear ungrateful, bethought myself, now that I can call myself free, to endeavour, in that little which is possible to me, to afford some relief, in requital of that which I received aforetime, if not to those who succoured me and who, belike, by reason of their good sense or of their fortune, have no occasion therefor, to those, at least, who stand in need thereof. And albeit my support, or rather I should say my comfort, may be and indeed is of little enough avail to the afflicted, natheless meseemeth it should rather be proffered whereas the need appeareth greater, as well because it will there do more service as for that it will still be there the liefer had. And who will deny that this [comfort], whatsoever [worth] it be, it behoveth much more to give unto lovesick ladies than unto men? For that these within their tender bosoms, fearful and shamefast, hold hid the fires of love (which those who have proved know how much more puissance they have than those which are manifest), and constrained by the wishes, the pleasures, the commandments of fathers, mothers, brothers and husbands, abide most time enmewed in the narrow compass of their chambers and sitting in a manner idle, willing and willing not in one breath, revolve in themselves various thoughts which it is not possible should still be merry. By reason whereof if there arise in their minds any melancholy, bred of ardent desire, needs must it with grievous annoy abide therein, except it be done away by new discourse; more by token that they are far less strong than men to endure. With men in love it happeneth not on this wise, as we may manifestly see. They, if any melancholy or heaviness of thought oppress them, have many means of easing it or doing it away, for that to them, an they have a mind thereto, there lacketh not commodity of going about hearing and seeing many things, fowling, hunting, fishing, riding, gaming and trafficking; each of which means hath, altogether or in part, power to draw the mind unto itself and to divert it from troublous thought, at least for some space of time, whereafter, one way or another, either solacement superveneth or else the annoy groweth less. Wherefore, to the end that the unright of Fortune may by me in part be amended, which, where there is the less strength to endure, as we see it in delicate ladies, hath there been the more niggard of support, I purpose, for the succour and solace of ladies in love (unto others [1] the needle and the spindle and the reel suffice) to recount an hundred stories or fables or parables or histories or whatever you like to style them, in ten days’ time related by an honourable company of seven ladies and three young men made in the days of the late deadly pestilence, together with sundry canzonets sung by the aforesaid ladies for their diversion. In these stories will be found love-chances, [2] both gladsome and grievous, and other accidents of fortune befallen as well in times present as in days of old, whereof the ladies aforesaid, who shall read them, may at once take solace from the delectable things therein shown forth and useful counsel, inasmuch as they may learn thereby what is to be eschewed and what is on like wise to be ensued, the which methinketh cannot betide without cease of chagrin. If it happen thus (as God grant it may) let them render thanks therefor to Love, who, by loosing me from his bonds, hath vouchsafed me the power of applying myself to the service of their pleasures.
[Footnote 1: i.e. those not in love.]
[Footnote 2: Syn. adventures (casi).]
DAY THE FIRST
HERE BEGINNETH THE FIRST DAY OF THE DECAMERON WHEREIN (AFTER DEMONSTRATION MADE BY THE AUTHOR OF THE MANNER IN WHICH IT CAME TO PASS THAT THE PERSONS WHO ARE HEREINAFTER PRESENTED FOREGATHERED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVISING TOGETHER) UNDER THE GOVERNANCE OF PAMPINEA IS DISCOURSED OF THAT WHICH IS MOST AGREEABLE UNTO EACH
As often, most gracious ladies, as, taking thought in myself, I mind me how very pitiful you are all by nature, so often do I recognize that this present work will, to your thinking, have a grievous and a weariful beginning, inasmuch as the dolorous remembrance of the late pestiferous mortality, which it beareth on its forefront, is universally irksome to all who saw or otherwise knew it. But I would not therefore have this affright you from reading further, as if in the reading you were still to fare among sighs and tears. Let this grisly beginning be none other to you than is to wayfarers a rugged and steep mountain, beyond which is situate a most fair and delightful plain, which latter cometh so much the pleasanter to them as the greater was the hardship of the ascent and the descent; for, like as dolour occupieth the extreme of gladness, even so are miseries determined by imminent joyance. This brief annoy (I say brief, inasmuch as it is contained in few pages) is straightway succeeded by the pleasance and delight which I have already promised you and which, belike, were it not aforesaid, might not be looked for from such a beginning. And in truth, could I fairly have availed to bring you to my desire otherwise than by so rugged a path as this will be I had gladly done it; but being in a manner constrained thereto, for that, without this reminiscence of our past miseries, it might not be shown what was the occasion of the coming about of the things that will hereafter be read, I have brought myself to write them.
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
Lesen Sie weiter in der vollst?ndigen Ausgabe!
