Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 318
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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 318
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1608439356
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-10-29
Total Pages: 367
ISBN-13: 1101155639
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer’s classic Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ranging from comedy to tragedy, pious sermon to ribald farce, heroic adventure to passionate romance, the tales serve not only as a summation of the sensibility of the Middle Ages but as a representation of the drama of the human condition. Ackroyd’s contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters—as well as explicitly rendering the naughty good humor of the writer whose comedy influenced Fielding and Dickens—yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer’s verse. This retelling is sure to delight modern readers and bring a new appreciation to those already familiar with the classic tales.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 662
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Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2005-09-29
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0141966793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe most complete of all remaining surviving fragments sections of The Canterbury Tales, the First Fragment contains some of Chaucer's most widely enjoyed work. In The General Prologue, Chaucer introduces his pilgrims through a set of speaking portraits, drawn with a clarity that makes no attempt to conceal their peculiarities. The four tales that follow - those of the Knight, Miller, Reeve and Cook - reveal a wide variety of human preoccupations: whether chivalrous, romantic or simply sexual. Brilliantly bawdy and subtly complex, each of these tales is alive with Chaucer's skills as a poet, storyteller and creator of comedy.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 342
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Publisher: OXFORD
Published: 2009-12-17
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780194247580
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA retelling of five of Chaucer's classic tales in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension and improve vocabulary.
Author: Gerald J. Davis
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2016-06-18
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1365188019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2018-06
Total Pages: 758
ISBN-13: 0393655121
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This book has been more helpful to the students—both the better ones and the lesser ones—than any other book I have ever used in any of my classes in my more than a quarter century of university teaching.” —RICHARD L. KIRKWOOD, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire This Norton Critical Edition includes: • The medieval masterpiece’s most popular tales, including—new to the Third Edition—The Man of Law’s Prologue and Tale and The Second Nun’s Prologue and Tale. • Extensive marginal glosses, explanatory footnotes, a preface, and a guide to Chaucer’s language by V. A. Kolve and Glending Olson. • Sources and analogues arranged by tale. • Twelve critical essays, seven of them new to the Third Edition. • A Chronology, a Short Glossary, and a Selected Bibliography. About the Series Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts, and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2003-02-04
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780140424386
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation with all the vigor and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English A Penguin Classic In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook. Rich and diverse, The Canterbury Tales offer us an unrivalled glimpse into the life and mind of medieval England. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.