The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio | Fourth Day, Second Story

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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth summary and analysis of Fourth Day, Second Story from Giovanni Boccaccio's short story collection The Decameron.

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Written during the mid-14th century outbreak of the Black Death, the tales in the collection The Decameron are set in frame narrative. A group of people waiting out the plague in a villa swaps stories to pass the time.

They amuse themselves by anointing each person ...