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The Life and Times of Chaucer
by Gardner, John
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0394493176
- ISBN 13
- 9780394493176
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, New York, 1977 3rd Printing. Very Good/Unknown. J. Wolf. Royal octavo, softcover, VG in beige pictorial wraps. 328 pages plus index. Classic biography of Chaucer in his times, taken from official records and his writings. Author creates for us the climate, the feel, of Chaucer's day, of life at the court and for the poor. He gives ua a wholly convincing portrait-everything we can possibly know or surmise about the man whose artistry, compassion, wit, and love for the world gave us a poetry that has entrhralled people for all the centuries since Chaucer lived and died.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49378
- Title
- The Life and Times of Chaucer
- Author
- Gardner, John
- Illustrator
- J. Wolf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Unknown
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394493176
- ISBN 13
- 9780394493176
- Publisher
- Knopf, New York, 1977 3rd Printing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1977
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- Octavo
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