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Retelling the eighth novella on the fifth day

Here, in red ink, the narrator summarizes the novella.It says: “Nastagio degli Onesti, amando una de' Traversari, spende le sue ricchezze senza essere amato; vassene pregato da' suoi a Chiassi; quivi vede cacciare a un cavaliere una giovane e ucciderla e divorarla da due cani; Invita i parenti suoi e quella donna amata da lui ad un desinare, la quale vede questa medesima giovane sbranare e temendo di simile avvenimento prende per marito Nastagio.” The novella is quite romantic, if you take away the stabbing and killing. It’s a novella about unrequited love, self-doubt and longing, healing and, eventually, a happy ending. It all ends well with the help of a spirit, a lost soul who tells Nastagio his own tale of woe and who helps him overcome one of life’s greatest obstacles. The novella fits seamlessly into the theme of the fifth day, in which all novellas are about love triumphs after difficult obstacles or controversies. Filomena is the narrator. She wants women to have wit and speak concisely, and her demeanor stands for courage. She also wants her novellas to have a strong moral…Filomena. (n.d.). Retrieved from Boccaccio's Decameron