The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales
Author: Peter Ackroyd
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101155639

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.

Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 318
Release: 1903
Genre:
ISBN:

Five Canterbury Tales

Five Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: OXFORD
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-12-17
Genre: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN: 9780194247580

A retelling of five of Chaucer's classic tales in simplified language for new readers. Includes activities to enhance reading comprehension and improve vocabulary.

The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Xist Publishing
Total Pages: 963
Release: 2016-03-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1681959089

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Then you compared a woman's love to Hell, To barren land where water will not dwell, And you compared it to a quenchless fire, The more it burns the more is its desire To burn up everything that burnt can be. You say that just as worms destroy a tree A wife destroys her husband and contrives, As husbands know, the ruin of their lives. ” ― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales are collection of stories by Chaucer, each attributed to a fictional medieval pilgrim.

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation
Author: Gerald J. Davis
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2016-06-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1365188019

The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.

The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: First Avenue Editions ™
Total Pages: 1177
Release: 2014-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467756466

An oddly diverse group of twenty-nine people meet at an inn. Each of them is on a pilgrimage to a martyr's shrine in Canterbury. The Host suggests the strange bunch journey together and tell stories to pass the time. The group heads off, including a Knight, a Miller, a Wife, a Cook, a Shipman, and a Nun, among others, telling stories that range from bawdy exploits to foolish workers to the lives of saints. A classic of English literature, this unabridged version of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was first published in the early 1400s and edited into modern English by D. Laing Purves in 1879. Purves's collection of Chaucer's works also contains Troilus and Cressida and additional poems and prose.