故事无拘束地自由道来，表明对自由生活的追求，这正是它经在世界文学史上占有重要地位的原因所在。
　　1934 年可怕的黑死病从地中涨沿岸漫延到中欧，为躲避瘟疫，有三男七女从佛罗伦萨逃离，移居一座别墅。为消磨时光每人每天讲一个故事，10 天里共讲了100 个故事，这就是《十日谈》。故事深刻地揭露了教会、僧侣欺骗的虚伪，抨击了禁欲主义，讴歌高尚的爱情。

　　The Decameron (subtitle: Prencipe Galeotto) is a collection of 100 novellas by Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio, probably begun in 1350 and finished in 1353. It is a medieval allegorical work best known for its bawdy tales of love, appearing in all its possibilities from the erotic to the tragic. Some believe many parts of the tales are indebted to the influence of The Book of Good Love. Many notable writers such as Chaucer are said to have drawn inspiration from The Decameron (See Literary sources and influence of the Decameron below).
　　
　　The title is a portmanteau of two Greek words meaning "ten" (δέκα déka) and "day" (ἡμέρα hēméra).