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This work tells the storyof 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark,London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket inCanterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tellstories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dryhumour.

Book De*ion This work tells the story
of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark,
London, and journey together to the shrine of St Thomas Becket in
Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell
stories to one another, shot through with cunning wit and dry
humour. 
 
About this book: Geoffey Chaucer (c.1340-1400) was one of the
finest storytellers in the English language, as well as being a
great poet and an accomplished prose writer. The Canterbury Tales,
although incomplete at the time of Chaucer's death, is generally
regarded as his greatest work. The Canterbury Tales tells the story
of 30 pilgrims who meet by chance at the Tabard Inn in Southwark,
London and journey together to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in
Canterbury cathedral. To pass the time along the way, they tell
stories to one another. The Tales themselves range from the
exemplary saints' lives told by the nuns, to the bawdy, comic tales
of the miller and the reeve, always shot through with Chaucer's
cunning wit and dry humour. Chaucer leaves his readers with the
impression that the whole of medieval society has passed before
their eyes. This new tran*ion and edition is taken from
British Library MS Harley 7334, a beautifully decorated, volume
produced within ten years of Chaucer's death. The aim of the
present edition, with its 'on-page' notes and glosses, is to enable
readers with little or no previous experience of medieval English
to read and enjoy this landmark in English Literature. 
 
Book Dimension : 
length: (cm)19.8 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.6

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Canterbury Tales ISBN 9781840225365

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