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Decameron Sixth Day, Eighth Story Summary

Fresco and His Niece

Intro

  • Storyteller: Emilia
  • Emilia snaps out of a daydream to tell a short story about a silly girl that has to be corrected by her uncle.

Story

  • A man named Fresco has an empty-headed, clueless niece nicknamed Cesca.
  • Cesca's the girl you love to hate: stuck on her looks, thinks she's too cool for school and everyone else are losers.
  • One day, Cesca comes home early from some festivities to find her uncle home.
  • She immediately begins to complain about the random people in the street and how repulsive they all are.
  • Fresco's totally turned off by his niece's manner and words, so he tells her that if she wants to avoid seeing horrible people, she'd better stop looking in the mirror.
  • But Cesca's an idiot, so this goes right over her head. Emilia says that she's still an airhead to this day and will never change.