Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141966793
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 302

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The 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
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: OXFORD
ISBN: 9780194247580
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A retelling of five of Chaucer's classic tales in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension and improve vocabulary.

Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101155639
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 367

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A 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: Lawton, David
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393603474
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 4

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Both an enhanced digital edition and a handsome print volume, The Norton Chaucer provides the complete poetry and prose, meticulously glossed and annotated specifically for undergraduate readers, with apparatus reflecting current scholarship—all at an unmatched value.

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 1608439356
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Author: Gerald J. Davis
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365188019
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 342

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Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Publisher: Prestwick House Inc
ISBN: 9781580495202
Category : Canterbury (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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