At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140422344
Number of pages: 1328
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 60 mm
Weight: 901 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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