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Ten friends met at the Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence and decided to flee the city to escape the plague. They withdrew to the countryside where they passed the time by each telling a novel or story over the course of ten days. The group included seven women - Pampinea, Fiammetta, Filomena, Emilia, Elissa, Lauretta, and Neifile - and three men - Filostrato, Panfilo, and Dioneo. Pampinea was chosen to begin the storytelling and to organize the order and themes of the subsequent tales.
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- 1. La “lieta brigata” The merry band
- 2. MEETING OF TEN GUYS IN THE CHURCH OF S. MARIA NOVELLA
- 3. WHITDRAW IN THE COUNTRY TO ESCAPE FROM THE PLAGUE
- 4. THE GUYS TO PASS THE TIME TELL NOVELLES
- 5. THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE TELLING OF THE NOVELLES
- 8. Filomena Almost a replica of Pampinea, s he is the "beloved"
- 14. Pànfilo Decides the theme of the novels of the tenth day, is “the one who has the great spirit”
- 15. Dionèo Embodies the spirit of burlesque and unconventional of the book
- 16. We are the merry company