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The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; a verse translation by David Wright.

By: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400Contributor(s): Wright, David, 1920-1994 | Cannon, ChristopherMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: English, Middle (1100-1500) Series: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Edition: New ed. / with an introduction and notes by Christopher CannonDescription: xxix, 517 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780199599028 (pbk.) :; 0199599025 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry | LiteratureDDC classification: 821.1 Summary: In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, 'The Canterbury Tales' a group of pilgrims assemble in an inn just outside London and agree to entertain each other on the way to Canterbury by telling stories. The pilgrims come from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and lusty Wife of Bath.
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Previous ed.: of this translation. 1985.

Includes bibliographical references.

In Chaucer's most ambitious poem, 'The Canterbury Tales' a group of pilgrims assemble in an inn just outside London and agree to entertain each other on the way to Canterbury by telling stories. The pilgrims come from all ranks of society, from the crusading Knight and burly Miller to the worldly Monk and lusty Wife of Bath.

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Translated from Middle English.

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