The Canterbury Tales (original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics)
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Mann, Jill
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One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society. The tales are as various as the pilgrims themselves, encompassing comedy, pathos, tragedy, and cynicism. The Miller and the Reeve express their mutual antagonism in a pair of comic stories combining sex and trickery; in “The Shipman’s Tale,” a wife sells her favors to a monk. Others draw on courtly romance and fantasy: the Knight tells of rivals competing for the love of the same woman, and the Squire describes a princess who can speak to birds. In these twenty-four tales, Chaucer displays a dazzling range of literary styles and conjures up a wonderfully vivid picture of medieval life. Freshly established Middle English text with standardized spelling and punctuation and on-page glossing Features an introduction, a chronology of Chaucer's life and works, detailed explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, a full glossary, and a bibliography Companion to the Penguin Classics original-spelling edition of Troilus and Criseyde @AprilFools Oh and the Wyfe of Bathe. Talk about a woman who likes to be perced to the roote. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less
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- Title
- The Canterbury Tales (original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics)
- Author
- Chaucer, Geoffrey; Mann, Jill
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014042234X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140422344
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- August 30, 2005
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.