The Decameron is loosely based on Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th century short story collection of the same name. Boccaccio’s collection tells the story of a group of nobles and their servants hiding from ...

Bold, buzzy, and controversial, The Last of Us likely won't be back until 2027 or so. In the meantime, here are 10 more pre- ...

Netflix's The Decameron, a dark comedy miniseries, has proven a hit with fans for its 'absurd' characters and 'hilarious' script.

“The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is an inexhaustible treasure, a work to read and reread, even almost seven hundred years after it was written.” So says writer and translator Alberto ...

In the preface to the Decameron Boccaccio describes Florentine society laid waste by bubonic plague in the mid-14 th century. But before he gets to that he has a confession for the reader: he has been ...

When I heard that Netflix was producing a version of Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century masterpiece, the Decameron, I was thrilled.

Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for “The Decameron.” Giovanni Boccaccio’s 14th-century book is a frame story in which 10 young people agree to abscond to the Italian countryside at the ...

Giovanni Boccaccio's ‘The Decameron’ inspires a modern adaptation on Netflix, blending historical context with contemporary themes.

Netflix's adaptation of Boccaccio's 14th-century book, The Decameron, offers a modern twist on the historical tales of the Black Plague.

Is ‘The Decameron’ based on a true story? No, like its source material, "The Decameron" is fictional. “The Decameron” is a 14th-century short story collection framed as stories within a story.