Abstract
- Although Boccaccio and Cervantes are rightfully bound by their excellence in storytelling in the novella genre, adultery as a connection between their works has curiously not yet been thoroughly investigated. The words and actions of three unfaithful wives on day 7 in Il Decameron, a day in which trickery of husbands is the theme, provide a template for Camila in El curioso impertinente. Innovating on their adulterous schemes, Camila also establishes a happy ending between herself, husband and lover, yet hers is ephemeral, due to narrative circumstances beyond her control.