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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1990, Paperback, Reissue) 
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1990, Paperback, Reissue)

 
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1990, Paperback, Reissue)

Publisher: Bantam Classic & Loveswept
Publication Date: 1990-02-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0553210823
ISBN-13: 9780553210828
Product ID: EPID52556
Description: The "Canterbury Tales" were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stor...
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Synopsis
The "Canterbury Tales" were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and his tale in a way that greatly enriches the content. This, and the interactions between the pilgrims, give the "Canterbury Tales" the complexity of a good novel. The Tales reflect Chaucer's wide experience with all levels of English society: the royals, the aristocracy, the clergy, the middle class from which he came, and the lower classes, for whom he invariably shows sympathy and understanding. They are also notable for the dialogue that is set up about marriage, its virtues and liabilities, and the proper role of husband and wife--giving the work a coherent unity and an even greater resonance.

Details
Publication Date:1990-02-01
Edition Description:Reissue

Size
Length:423 pages
Height:7.0 in
Width:4.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:7.2 oz

Publisher's Note
Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucers The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Canterbury Tales gather 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. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from The Canterbury Tales with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

Industry Reviews
"As a fact of literary history, Chaucer was one of the most original men who ever lived. There had never been anything like the lively realism of the ride to Canterbury done or dreamed of in our literature before. He is not only the father of all our poets, but the grandfather of all our novelists."
G. K. Chesterton

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