Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: International Non-Fiction, Uncategorized, Adult
ISBN: 9780140422344
Published: March 2005
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Page Extent: 1328
Format: Paperback
RRP 535.00

Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer, Jill Mann

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At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), often referred to as “the grandfather of English literature,” is invariably ranked with Shakespeare and Milton as one of the three greatest poets of the English language. His masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, has been a touchstone for English-language poetry for more than half a millennium and is one of the most widely read works in the Western canon.

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Jill Mann

Jill Mann

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