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The Stone of Invisibility

By: Giovanni Boccaccio
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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The most enduring work by the Renaissance humanist Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron is a collection of one hundred stories about ten young noblemen and noblewomen who escape the plague by moving to a country villa outside the Italian city of Florence. Highly influential, numerous writers have borrowed from Boccaccio's tales, including Edgar Allen Poe, John Keats, and George Eliot.

In "The Stone of Invisibility," the nobleman Calandrino, as well as his friends Bruno and Buffalmacco, visit the coast in search of the magical bloodstone. Calandrino's wife, however, spoils the fun …

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Public Domain (P)2013 Blackstone Audio
Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Classics Renaissance
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