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The Canterbury Tales: A Selection

Geoffrey Chaucer

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Canterbury Tales" gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from "The Canterbury Tales" with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Pages: 342

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin

Release: May 06, 1996

ISBN: 0140622071

ISBN 13: 9780140622072

The Canterbury Tales: A Selection

Geoffrey Chaucer

3.9/5 ( ratings)

Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Canterbury Tales" gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from "The Canterbury Tales" with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Pages: 342

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin

Release: May 06, 1996

ISBN: 0140622071

ISBN 13: 9780140622072

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