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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/456451075 Title: The Canterbury tales Author: Geoffrey Chaucer; Burton Raffel Publisher: North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America, 2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780792759355 0792759354 OCLC:456451075

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The Canterbury tales

Author:	Geoffrey Chaucer; Burton Raffel
Publisher:	North Kingstown : BBC Audiobooks America, 2008.
Edition/Format:	eAudiobook : MP3 : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Tales" gathers twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble Plowman.
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Subjects	Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry. Canterbury (England) -- Poetry. Storytelling -- Poetry. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Downloadable audiobooks Audiobooks Poetry
Additional Physical Format:	(DLC) 2007049703 (OCoLC)184906119
Material Type:	Audio book, etc., Sound recording, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File, Sound Recording
All Authors / Contributors:	Geoffrey Chaucer; Burton Raffel Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780792759355 0792759354
OCLC Number:	456451075
Notes:	Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 22:22:20.
Details:	Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 321556 KB; MP3 file size: 630264 KB).; Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Contents:	Biographical note -- Introduction -- Translator's foreword -- The Canterbury tales -- General prologue -- The Knight's tale -- The Miller's prologue -- The Miller's tale -- The Steward's prologue [the Reeve's prologue] -- The Cook's prologue -- The Cook's tale -- Introductory words to the Man of Law's tale -- Prologue to the Man of Law's tale -- The Man of Law's tale -- Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale [of disputed authenticity] -- The Wife of Bath's prologue -- The Wife of Bath's tale -- The Friar's prologue -- The Friar's tale -- The Summoner's prologue -- The Summoner's tale -- The Cleric's prologue -- The Cleric's tale -- Chaucer's happy song -- The Merchant's prologue -- The Merchant's tale -- Epilogue to the Merchant's tale -- Introduction to the Squire's tale -- The Squire's tale [unfinished] -- The Landowner's prologue [the Franklin's prologue] -- The Landowner's tale [the Franklin's tale] -- The Physician's tale -- Introduction to the Pardon Peddler's tale [introduction to the Pardoner's tale] -- The Pardon Peddler's prologue [the Pardoner's prologue] -- The Pardon Peddler's tale [the Pardoner's tale] -- The Shipman's tale -- The Host's merry words to the Shipman and the Prioress -- Prologue to the Prioress's tale. The Prioress's tale -- Prologue to Sir Thopas -- Sir Thopas -- The Host stops Chaucer's narration -- The tale of Melibee -- The prologue of the Monk's tale -- The Monk's tale : De casibus virorum illustrium [the fall of illustrious men] -- The prologue of the Nun's Priest's tale -- The Nun's Priest's tale of Cock and Hen, Chauntecleer and Pertelote -- Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's tale -- The Second Nun's prologue -- Prayer to the Virgin Mary -- The Second Nun's tale -- Prologue of the Cleric-Magician's servant [the Canon's Yeoman's prologue] -- Tale of the Cleric-Magician's servant [the Canon's Yeoman's tale] -- The Provisioner's prologue [the Manciple's prologue] -- The Provisioner's tale [the Manciple's tale] -- The Parson's prologue -- The Parson's tale -- Here the Maker of this book takes his leave -- Notes.
Responsibility:	Geoffrey Chaucer ; a new translation by Burton Raffel.

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