The Canterbury tales a selection ed. by Donald R. Howard with the assistance of James Dean

By:

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NY [u.a.] Signet Classic 1969Edition: 1. printDescription: 400 pISBN:

0451524004

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

821.1

LOC classification:

PR1867

Summary: Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Canterbury Tales" gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from "The Canterbury Tales" with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	EIS Library Main Library	English Fiction Adolescent-Adult	EFA PO CHA C229	Available	L0012929

Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales" is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. "The Canterbury Tales" gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from "The Canterbury Tales" with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

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