is a collection of one hundred stories of various origins where the author shows his incomparable skill as a storyteller, psychological insight, an accurate satirical brushstroke and a magnificent description of the customs of that time. The stories are told by a group of ten young people who retreat to the outskirts of Florence to protect themselves from the contagion of the plague that was ravaging the city; There, for ten days, each one of them has to manage a day and all its activities; Among these, the meetings where, to pass the time, those present have to tell a story especially stand out. The themes are very varied, the licentious abound, but sentimental, tragic and moralizing stories are also told.