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decameron
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n. A collection of 100 novellas by Italian author http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353.
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Decameron may refer to: The Decameron , a 14th-century writing by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio , circa 1353 Il Decameron , a 1971 Italian film by Pier Paolo Pasolini Decameron '300 , a 1972 Italian film by Renato Savino Decameron: Two Naughty Tales, ...
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Decameron \De*cam"e*ron\, n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ? part; though quite generally supposed to be derived from "hme`ra day: cf. F. d['e]cam['e]ron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written ...
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King Robert was then dead, but Boccaccio enjoyed the favour of Queen Joan, of somewhat doubtful memory, at whose instance he hints in one of his later letters that he wrote the Decameron.
Without impugning Boccaccio's veracity we can hardly but think that the Decameron would have seen the light, though Queen Joan had withheld her encouragement.