The Canterbury tales : a selection / Geoffrey Chaucer.

By: Chaucer, Geoffrey [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England : Penguin Books, Ltd, c1996Description: 342 pages : illustration (black and white)Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0140622071 [paperback]Subject(s): Tales, Medieval
Contents:
The Canterbury tales: The general prologue -- The knight's tale -- The miller's prologue and tale -- The reeve's prologue and tale -- The shipman's tale -- The shipman-prioress link -- The prioress' prologue and tale -- The prologue and tale of Sir Thopas -- The monk's prologue -- The nun's priest's prologue and tale -- The wife of Bath's prologue and tale -- The clerk's prologue and tale -- The merchant's prologue and tale -- The franklin addresses the squire -- The franklin's prologue and tale -- The host addresses the pardoner -- The pardoner's prologue and tale -- The parson's prologue -- "Retraction".
Summary: "The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colorful characters, from the bawdy Wife of bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pas the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature". -- Publisher.
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The Canterbury tales: The general prologue -- The knight's tale -- The miller's prologue and tale -- The reeve's prologue and tale -- The shipman's tale -- The shipman-prioress link -- The prioress' prologue and tale -- The prologue and tale of Sir Thopas -- The monk's prologue -- The nun's priest's prologue and tale -- The wife of Bath's prologue and tale -- The clerk's prologue and tale -- The merchant's prologue and tale -- The franklin addresses the squire -- The franklin's prologue and tale -- The host addresses the pardoner -- The pardoner's prologue and tale -- The parson's prologue -- "Retraction".

"The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colorful characters, from the bawdy Wife of bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pas the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature". -- Publisher.

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