LITTLE BLACK CLASSICS : MRS ROSIE AND THE PRIEST PB – GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO-PETER HAINSWORTH

Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio s Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375). Boccaccio s Decameron is available in Penguin Classics in both a complete and selected edition.