This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Fifty-five judiciously chosen stories from Wayne A. Rebhorn's translation of The Decameron.
- Introductory materials and explanatory footnotes by Wayne A. Rebhorn, along with three maps.
- Biographical works by Filippo Villani and Ludovico Dolce along with literary studies by Francesco Petrarca, Andreas Capellanus, and Boccaccio.
- Eleven critical essays, including those by Giuseppe Mazzotta, Millicent Marcus, Teodolinda Barolini, Susanne L. Wofford, Luciano Rossi, and Richard Kuhns.
- A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography.