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People who have acquired something they desired through industry. Day 4: Love stories that end unhappily. Day 5: Love stories that end happily.

| Aspect | What to look for | |--------|------------------| | | Is it the famous McWilliam (Penguin), Rigg (public domain), or an older/abridged version? Check the first few pages. Rigg (1886) is archaic but free; McWilliam (1972) is livelier and more accurate. | | Completeness | Does it have all 100 stories + the Author’s Conclusion? Many free PDFs skip the Introduction (plague description) or Conclusion. | | Formatting | Are the day/story numbers clear? Garbled chapter markers or missing italics can hurt readability. | | OCR errors | Since the name is misspelled in the filename, the text may be from a scanned old book with poor OCR. Look for “doubtful,” “ah,” or strange line breaks. | djovani bokaco - dekameron.pdf

Essential reading for anyone interested in literature, history, or the roots of comedy. Often shocking, often hilarious, and always intelligent. People who have acquired something they desired through