Was this a dry and boring classic? No, it’s pretty spicy, actually.ĭo a majority of the characters belong in horny jail? Heck yes, I can’t give you a modern equivalent of a book that is as horny as this one. even 7 centuries later! Of the stories I read, I thought many had valuable life lessons with good morals, or fables. The book was written to entertain, and I got why it is considered a classic - it sure does that. I have not finished the book I'm reading, let alone the full original book, so therefore do not know the statistics on all the 100 stories, but could it really change tone/focus that much? Possibly I guess. Some later stories I read, they were not drawn so positively. None of the first 10 stories or so that I read were the women looked down upon, except perhaps by some idiot men. Often, the stories show the women far smarter, better in control of their lives, and getting the upper hand in relations with their spouses or just men in general. I saw one person review this who said it was 'anti-women' or 'anti-women's rights' or 'anti-feminist.' That seemed totally off to me. Amazing, considering it is 650+ years old. I would compare this book a bit to Aesop's Fables, only usually much bawdier. And some of the morals did not seem right. I found the stories mostly really interesting, fun, educational, and humorous.īut also sad, since there was so much deviousness going on in many/most. The edition I bought only has about 30 of the top (rated) stories, out of the 100 total in the orig. but just not as good as I initially thought. I don't think I am going to downgrade my overall rating because of this. One was downright awful, in that it tried to justify a 'great end' by using absolutely terrible means.

By that I mean, I did not think they were as realistic &/or promoted good values for healthy and productive lives. The few extra stories toward the end of the book that I just read were not as positive as the earlier ones.

Boccaccio giovanni dekameron