Book Club Meeting - 5 storie di Franco Sacchetti

This month we will discuss five stories by Franco Sacchetti from his book “Il Trecento Novelle” – the list is long but the novelle are very short
· Proemio: https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Trecentonovelle/Proemio
· Novella IV L’abate e il mugnaio https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Trecentonovelle/IV
· Novella VIII: Non chiedere a Dante Alighieri come conquistare una donna https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Trecentonovelle/VIII
· Novella XIX: Lenzuola bianche https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Trecentonovelle/XIX
· Novella CXXXVII: Donne Fiorentine: https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/Il_Trecentonovelle/CXXXVII
The text is provided here in the link, only in Italian. The discussion will be in Italian.

More information about the Novella:

• The novella IV can also be found in modern Italian: https://learn-italian-online.net/resources/italian-short-stories/703-l-abate-e-il-mugnaio.html
• The novella CXXXVII: Donne Fiorentine is also available in English translation: https://ezrapoundcantos.org/canto-17-27-overview/canto-xxii/xxii-sources/317-franco-sacchetti-trecento-novelle-137?start=1
• Reading of Novella VIII: Dante Alighieri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXFkwSTCpw
• To learn more about the author you can also watch this video that also read the novella IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P0k0xxc1h4