The Canterbury Tales: A Prose Version in Modern English

The Canterbury Tales: A Prose Version in Modern English (Vintage Classics)

A clear modern prose translation of Chaucerâ€™s masterpiece of Middle English storytelling by the acclaimed poet David Wright.
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The Canterbury Tales has entertained readers for centuries, with its comic animal fables, moral allegories, miniature epics of courtly love, and rollicking eroticÂ farcesÂ that bring fourteenth-century England to life on every page. The gloriously varied stories, narrated by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, are peopled with saints, sinners, and ordinary mortals in a vivid panorama of the medieval world. This prose translation renders these tales as accessible and irresistible to modern readers as they were to Chaucerâ€™s contemporaries.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Vintage
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 307743535
Color White
ReleaseDate 2011-07-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307743534

The Canterbury Tales: A Prose Version in Modern English (Vintage Classics)