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ISBN: | 9781101155639 |
Publisher: | Viking |
Published: | 29 October, 2009 |
Format: | eBook |
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Editions: |
10 other editions
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- Biodiversity of Woodlands
- Chaucer's Retraction
- Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas
- General Prologue
- Nun's Priest's Tale (Canterbury Tales)
- The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
- The Canterbury Tales
- The Clerk's Prologue and Tale
- The Cook's Prologue and Tale
- The Cook's Tale
- The Franklin's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer)
- The Franklin's Tale
- The Friar's Prologue and Tale
- The Friar's Prologue and Tale, the Summoner's Prologue and Tale, the Prologue An (Canterebury Tales)
- The Knight's Tale
- The Man of Law's Prologue and Tale
- The Manciple's Prologue and Tale
- The Manciple's Tale
- The Merchant's Prologue and Tale
- The Merchant's Tale
- The Miller's Prologue and Tale
- The Miller's Tale
- The Monk's Prologue and Tale
- The Monk's Tale
- The Nun's Priest's Tale
- The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
- The Pardoner's Tale
- The Parson's Prologue and Tale
- The Parson's Tale
- The Physician's Tale
- The Prioress' Prologue and Tale
- The Prioress's Tale
- The Second Nun's Tale
- The Shipman's Tale
- The Squire's Tale
- The Summoner's Prologue and Tale
- The Summoner's Tale
- The Tale of Melibee
- The Tale of Melibee
- The Wife of Bath's Tale
- The reeve's tale
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.
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