Canterbury Tales - (Everyman's Library) by Geoffrey Chaucer (Paperback)
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- While Geoffrey Chaucer composed several magnificent works of poetry, his reputation as "the father of English literature" rests mainly on The Canterbury Tales, a group of stories told by assorted pilgrims en route to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.From the mirthful and bawdy to the profoundly moral, the tales, taken in their entirety, reflect not only the manners and mores of medieval England, but indeed, the full comic and tragic dimensions of the human condition.Considered the greatest collection of narrative poems in English literature, The Canterbury Tales was composed in the Middle English of Chaucer's day, possibly to be read aloud at the court of Richard II.
- Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer
- 612 Pages
- Poetry, European
- Series Name: Everyman's Library
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While Geoffrey Chaucer composed several magnificent works of poetry, his reputation as "the father of English literature" rests mainly on The Canterbury Tales, a group of stories told by assorted pilgrims en route to the shrine of Thomas à Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.From the mirthful and bawdy to the profoundly moral, the tales, taken in their entirety, reflect not only the manners and mores of medieval England, but indeed, the full comic and tragic dimensions of the human condition.Considered the greatest collection of narrative poems in English literature, The Canterbury Tales was composed in the Middle English of Chaucer's day, possibly to be read aloud at the court of Richard II.Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 612
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: European
Series Title: Everyman's Library
Publisher: Everyman Paperback Classics
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Paperback
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Language: English
Street Date: January 15, 1991
TCIN: 1003739436
UPC: 9780460113076
Item Number (DPCI): 247-13-0127
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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