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The Eighth Day

The Tenth Novell

STORYTELLER: DIONEO
ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU
THE EIGHTH DAY, TENTH NOVELL
1985 HAND COLORED ETCHING
AQUATINTA AQUAFORTE 21X29 CM | 8½X11½ IN

People really love to see a tricky person

deceived, Dioneo says. And the worse
they are, the harder we like to see them
fall. So this story should give them the
most pleasure of all, since Madonna
Jancofiore is the Queen of Deception.

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