And now we get into the stories themselves! The first story is a bit longer than most others, so settle in for a nice, long read.

We'll continue with the Introduction to day the first. It's a long one, giving us both the context and characters we'll be exploring for the rest of our journey through the Decameron--we'll get a quick look at the personalities of our different narrators, and a feel for the writing of the book in general.

Let's start out with the Proem to the Decameron!