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How many women and men are among the Decameronâs storytellers?
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian poet and scholar Giovanni Boccaccio, detail of a fresco by Andrea del Castagno; in the Cenacolo di Sant'Apollonia, Florence.
The Decameron features a group of 10 young storytellers who flee plague-stricken Florence to escape the epidemic. This party consists of:
- Seven women
- Three men
Together, these 10 individuals spend 10 days sharing a total of 100 stories, a collection that serves as a masterpiece of classical Italian prose by Giovanni Boccaccio.12