The Canterbury Tales

This selection of the best-loved and most frequently studied of "Chaucer's Canterbury Tales" provides a fascinating introduction to one of the great cornerstones of English literature. "The General Prologue" gives vivid character sketches of the colourful band of pilgrims who gather at a London inn on their way to Canterbury, while the nine tales chosen range from the noble Knight's story of rivalry in love to the boastful Pardoner's moral treatise, from the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce.Incorporating every style of Medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtly romance - the tales brought together here encompass the blend of universal human themes and individual personal detail that have fascinated readers for over 600 years. For this selection the original fourteenth-century Middle English is presented with a facing-page modern prose translation. This volume also contains a chronology, further reading and an introduction examining Chaucer's life and work and the literary influences on the Tales. It is translated and edited with an introduction by Colin Wilcockson.

ISBN 0140424458   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780140424454 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 437 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd   Published in London Imprint Penguin Classics   Series title Penguin Classics Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 20 Oct 2008   Width (mm) 129 Translator Colin Wilcockson   Spine width (mm) 27 DEWEY 821.1   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22   Interest age 17 Pages 640   Alternative ISBN 9789626340448

		Chronology
		A Note on the Translation, Text and Illustrations
		The General Prologue		1
		The Knight's Tale		49
		The Miller's Prologue and Tale		171
		The Reeve's Prologue and Tale		213
		The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale		241
		The Clerk's Prologue and Tale		311
		The Merchant's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue		391
		The Franklin's Prologue and Talc		459
		The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale		511
		The Nun's Priest's Tale		551

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