The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; A retelling by Peter Ackroyd ; illustrated by Nick Bantock.

By:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, (ca. 1340-1400)

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Penguin classics deluxe editionPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2010Description: xxii, 436 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9780143106173
0143106171

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DDC classification:

821/.1

LOC classification:

PR 1872 C496c 2010

Contents:

The general prologue The knight's tale The miller's prologue and tale The reeve's prologue and tale The cook's prologue and tale The man of law's prologue, tale and epilogue The wife of Bath's prologue and tale The friar's prologue and tale The summoner's prologue and tale The clerk's prologue and tale The merchant's prologue, tale and epilogue The squire's prologue and tale The franklin's prologue and tale The physician's tale The pardoner's prologue and tale The shipman's tale The prioress's prologue and tale Prologue and tale of Sir Thopas The monk's prologue and tale The nun's priest's prologue, tale and epilogue The second nun's prologue and tale The canon's yeoman's prologue and tale The Manciple's prologue and tale The parson's prologue Chaucer's retractions

Summary: Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, "The 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

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Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009

The general prologue
The knight's tale
The miller's prologue and tale
The reeve's prologue and tale
The cook's prologue and tale
The man of law's prologue, tale and epilogue
The wife of Bath's prologue and tale
The friar's prologue and tale
The summoner's prologue and tale
The clerk's prologue and tale
The merchant's prologue, tale and epilogue
The squire's prologue and tale
The franklin's prologue and tale
The physician's tale
The pardoner's prologue and tale
The shipman's tale
The prioress's prologue and tale
Prologue and tale of Sir Thopas
The monk's prologue and tale
The nun's priest's prologue, tale and epilogue
The second nun's prologue and tale
The canon's yeoman's prologue and tale
The Manciple's prologue and tale
The parson's prologue
Chaucer's retractions

Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, "The 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

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