The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer, Jill Mann (Introduction by, Notes by)
ISBN-10: 014042234X
ISBN-13: 9780140422344
$23.00
Book Specs
Binding
UK-B Format Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Published on
Aug 30, 2005
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.13x2.22x7.79 Inches
Weight
1.97 Pounds
About the Book
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.