Corpus Delicti

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AdulteryAge versus youthAnimal taleDogDeathDeath of husbandDeceitful womanFoolish old manGullible (would-be) loverLesson: women’s cleverness and deceitMarriageMultiple loversOld manMurderDisposal of corpse

The young wife of an elderly Modenese man convinces her lover to murder her husband. They bury the body together outside of the city walls, where the man's dog discovers it.

Adapted from Wikeley (1983) by Ava Byrne.

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