The Canterbury Tales (original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics)

Authors:Geoffrey Chaucer, Jill Mann, Jill Mann
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Keywords: english, penguin, classics, middle, spelling, tales, original, canterbury
Number of Pages: 1328
Published: 2005-08-30
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 014042234X
ISBN-13: 9780140422344

Book Description:

At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.


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