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The Canterbury tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer; Nevill Coghill
Publisher: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2003.
Series: Penguin classics
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a  Read more...
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Geoffrey Chaucer; Nevill Coghill
ISBN: 0140424385 9780140424386 0329370693 9780329370695
OCLC Number: 50937896
Description: xvii, 504 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Chaucer's life- Chaucer's works: Group A -- Prologue -- Knight's tale -- Words between the Host and the Miller -- Miller's tale -- Reeve's prologue -- Reeve's tale -- Cook's prologue -- Cook's prologue -- Group B -- Introduction to the Man of Law's tale -- Man of Law's prologue -- Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale -- Shipman's tale -- Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress -- Prioress's prologue -- Prioress's tale -- Words of the Host and Chaucer -- Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz -- Host stops Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz -- Chaucer's tale of Melibee -- Words of the Host to the Monk -- Monks tale -- Words of the Knight to the Host -- Nun's priest's tale -- Words of the Host to the Nun's priest -- Group C -- Physician's tale -- Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner -- Pardoner's prologue -- Pardoner's tale -- Group D -- Wife of Bath's prologue -- Words between the Summoner and the Friar -- Wife of Bath's tale -- Friar's prologue -- Friar's tale -- Summoner's prologue -- Summoner's tale -- Group E -- Clerk's prologue -- Clerk's tale -- Chaucer's envoy to the Clerk's tale -- Merchant's prologue -- Merchant's tale -- Epilogue to the Merchant's tale -- Group F -- Squire's prologue -- Squire's tale -- Words of the Franklin to the Squire and the Host to the Franklin -- Franklin's prologue -- Franklin's tale -- Group G -- Second nun's prologue -- Second nun's tale -- Canon's yeoman's prologue -- Canon's yeoman's tale -- Group H -- Manciple's prologue -- Manciple's tale -- Group I -- Parson's prologue -- Parson's tale -- Chaucer's retractions -- Notes.
Series Title: Penguin classics
Responsibility: Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill.
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A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century that is as robust as it is representative.

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