Short comic and amorous stories from the old Italian novella writers, translated by Thomas Roscoe and John Yonge Akerman. Two Roman students at Bologna learn that the teacher can be taught, a dead rider causes chaos, a skilful physician plies his trade and a healthy man is persuaded he is dying, all in the brisk, worldly spirit of Boccaccio’s successors.
Lively Renaissance tales for readers of the Decameron, illustrated by George Cruikshank. Download the free EPUB.