BOCCACCIO: The Decameron (selections)

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Selections from The Decameron (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Boccaccio
Stephen Thorne, reader
Daniel Philpott, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Nickie Rainsford, reader
Siri O'Neal, reader
Alison Pettit, reader
James Goode, narrator
Polly Hayes, reader
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   1348, Florence. The Plague - 9:50
2.   The funeral customs are abandoned - 6:20
3.   Seven young women in the church of Santa Maria Novella - 8:25
4. Three young men come into the church and Pampinea proposes - 6:43
5.   Dioneo’s tale of a young monk attracted by a pretty girl, and is espied by the Abbot - 6:55
6. Panfilo’s tale of the misfortunes of a beautiful Saracen girl, whose beauty... - 6:51
7.   Pericone became daily more ardent - 6:14
8. Alatiel courted by Prince of the Morea in Corinth - 6:25
9. War became more imminent - 6:12
10. Antioco and his merchant friend, and Antigono of Famagusta - 8:58
11. Alatiel tells her father of her adventures - 5:46

Selections from The Decameron (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Boccaccio
Stephen Thorne, reader
Daniel Philpott, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Nickie Rainsford, reader
Siri O'Neal, reader
Alison Pettit, reader
James Goode, narrator
Polly Hayes, reader
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   The company moves on - 5:48
2.   Pampinea’s tale of Agilulf, King of the Lombards, his Queen Theodilinda and the groom… - 10:15
3.   Fiammetta tells a tragic tale of the rage of Tancred, Prince of Salerno spent on Ghismonda and her lover Guiscardo - 14:01
4. The Prince gives the command to kill - 6:26
5.   Pampinea lightens the mood of the party with a story of a monkish seduction - 12:17
6. Gossip gains control - 7:13
7.   Filomena tells a tale of unswerving love - 8:37

Selections from The Decameron (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Boccaccio
Stephen Thorne, reader
Daniel Philpott, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Nickie Rainsford, reader
Siri O'Neal, reader
Alison Pettit, reader
James Goode, narrator
Polly Hayes, reader
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Eliza tells of pure and honest love of Angolella and Pietro - 14:01
2.   Filistrato recounts the balcony consummation of the love of Ricciardo and Caterina - 12:26
3.   Dioneo reports on a wife consigned to a marriage to a man who prefers men - 15:10
4. Filistrato on the rights of women - 5:27
5.   Dioneo becomes king and leads the party to a new home - 1:19
6. Filistrato with the story of the wine butt - 7:48
7.   Filomena tells a knightly tale of love - 12:21

Selections from The Decameron (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Boccaccio
Stephen Thorne, reader
Daniel Philpott, reader
Jonathan Keeble, reader
Nickie Rainsford, reader
Siri O'Neal, reader
Alison Pettit, reader
James Goode, narrator
Polly Hayes, reader
Teresa Gallagher, reader
Produced by: Soames, Nicolas


1.   Fiammetta enjoys the revenge of one friend upon another - 7:48
2.   Emilia shows how easily a doctor can be a fool for all his learning - 9:44
3.   The doctor asks to join the club - 13:13
4. The doctor goes to the tombs - 6:00
5.   Panfilo imagines a busy night at an inn on the road - 8:31
6. Dioneo tells of patient Griselda and her testing husband Gualtieri - 7:41
7.   Gualtieri sends his daughter away - 6:27
8. Gualtieri announces he will marry again - 7:08
9. The story telling is at an end, and the company part - 2:31

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