The Canterbury Tales in Plain and Simple English (Translated)
The Canterbury Tales in Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides

Published: 2012-12-21

Total Pages: 1400

ISBN-13: 1621074595

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Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is epic in everyway; it have love, humor, history, religion--it has it all! Who wouldn't want to read this true classic? Unfortunately, reading it and understanding it can be two very different things because the English often just does not make sense to the modern reader. Let BookCaps help with this modern translation. If you have struggled in the past reading old English, then BookCaps can help you out. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)
The Rape of the Lock In Plain and Simple English (Translated)

Author: Alexander Pope

Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides

Published: 2013-09-05

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 1621075842

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Alexander Pope's mock-heroic poem is one of the greatest satires ever wrote. The essay is as hilarious today as it was hundreds of years ago...if you can understand it! If you have struggled in the past reading the satire, then BookCaps can help you out. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCaps can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.

The Merchant's Prologue and Tale
The Merchant's Prologue and Tale

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-06-02

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1316615472

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Six-hundred-year-old tales with modern relevance. This stunning full-colour edition from the bestselling Cambridge School Chaucer series explores the complete text of The Merchant's Prologue and Tale through a wide range of classroom-tested activities and illustrated information, including a map of the Canterbury pilgrimage, a running synopsis of the action, an explanation of unfamiliar words and suggestions for study. Cambridge School Chaucer makes medieval life and language more accessible, helping students appreciate Chaucer's brilliant characters, his wit, sense of irony and love of controversy.

The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation
The Selected Canterbury Tales: A New Verse Translation

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2012-03-27

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 039334178X

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Fisher's work is a vivid, lively, and readable translation of the most famous work of England's premier medieval poet. Preserving Chaucer's rhyme and meter and faithfully articulating his poetic voice, Fisher makes Chaucer's tales accessible to a contemporary ear.

Legend of Good Women
Legend of Good Women

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com

Published: 2006-10

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1425032362

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An outstanding poem and a consummate example of employing the dream vision technique. It is one of the longest works of Chaucer. The poet unfolds ten stories of virtuous women in nine sections. It is one of the first mock-heroic works in English Literature. Inspirational!...

A Chaucer Glossary
A Chaucer Glossary

Author: Norman Davis

Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 9780198111719

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This Glossary, designed as a practical aid to the reading of Chaucer, is intended to be serviceable with any of the widely read editions. Its primary aim is to explain the meanings of words and phrases used by Chaucer in ways which are unfamiliar in modern English. Words used as they are today are not included, but many now in common use do appear, as they had different connotations in Chaucer's time. This concise working tool will be valuable to all Middle English scholars.

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation
The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

Author: Gerald J. Davis

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016-06-18

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1365188019

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The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.

The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2016-03-24

Total Pages: 963

ISBN-13: 1681959089

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Then you compared a woman's love to Hell, To barren land where water will not dwell, And you compared it to a quenchless fire, The more it burns the more is its desire To burn up everything that burnt can be. You say that just as worms destroy a tree A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives. ” ― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales are collection of stories by Chaucer, each attributed to a fictional medieval pilgrim.