The Canterbury Tales
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Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Brand: Penguin
Color: Multicolor
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Format: Deckle Edge
Number Of Pages: 1328
Release Date: 01-09-2005
model number: 3524169
Part Number: 3524169
Details: 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 Shipmans 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.
EAN: 9780140422344
Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 1.9 inches
Languages: English, Middle English
