Comparative Literature and Culture 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Protestantism, Perfect Number, Gluten
4 Mar 2016
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The stories are preceded by a preface by the author and an introduction. This is my book i hope it is a galeotto. Writing this book to give women pleasure. Men can go do what they want, women are often locked up in the house without anything pleasurable to do. This was a large change in the way that people think. Each man is in love with one of the women. Gives the most famous description of the plague that we have. 100 is a perfect number, dante knew this, boccaccio knew this. The hundredness is a kind of perfect whole. They begin to modify: elect kings and queens. Each day they tell stories of a different theme. They live secluded, ideal lives on their own (in cornice) One man tells his stories last every day, and on whatever themes he wants.
