A lively, humorous retelling for children of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
ISBN: 9780140380538
Number of pages: 128
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 8 mm
Interest age: From 9 years
Weight: 101 g
Language: English (Language of text), English, Middle (1100-1500) (Original language of a translated text)
“A delight . . . [Raffel’s translation] provides more opportunities to savor the counterpoint of Chaucer’s earthy humor against passages of piercingly beautiful lyric poetry.”—Kirkus Reviews“Masterly . . . This new translation beckons us to make our own pilgrimage back to the very wellsprings of literature in our language.” —Billy Collins“The Canterbury Tales has remained popular for seven centuries. It is the most approachable masterpiece of the medieval world, and Mr. Raffel’s translation makes the stories even more inviting.”—Wall Street Journal
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This re-telling of the Canterbury Tales is a really good read. I'd suffered rather than enjoyed abridged versions of Chaucers tales during English Lit in school where the focus was all on the "old... More
I ordered this book on line to be sent to a friend which was greatly appreciated. She enjoyed the book very much and I was very pleased with the service and how quick it arrived to her.
This edition simplifies the text so that it is easy to understand and follow but still feels fresh and straight out of the 14th century.
The Prologue, Miller’s, Summoner’s, Friar’s and Reeve’s Tales are wonderfully...
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