Books with author GEOFFREY CHAUCER

Excerpt from The Prologue, the Knight's Tale, and the Nun's Priest's Tale: From Chaucer's Canterbury TalesGeoffrey chaucer was born in London about the year 1 340, the thirteenth of Edward the Third's reign.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chaucer's longest complete poem is the supreme evocation of doomed courtly love in medieval English literature. Set during the tenth year of the siege of Troy, the poem relates how Troilus - with the help of Criseyde's wily uncle Pandarus - persuades her to become his lover, only to be betrayed when she is handed over to the Greek camp and yields to Diomede.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales.

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Based on the definitive Riverside Chaucer, this edition of The Canterbury Tales contains the complete text of all 24 Tales, thoroughly updated scholarship from the past 20 years, and extensive editorial support. This volume is ideal for instructors who want to assign only the Tales and have no need for the complete Chaucer. An overview briefly outlines the basic plot and main idea of each Tale, while a section on language and versification helps students with pronunciation. Explanatory notes provide information on sources, problematic passages, and critical interpretations. Additional pedagogy includes a glossary, a section on Chaucer's life, an index, a general bibliography, and a list of abbreviations.

Geoffrey Chaucer is widely considered to be the father of English literature. Having achieved fame in the Middle Ages as a writer of both prose and poetry, as well as through his scientific and philosophical knowledge, Chaucer became the first poet to be buried in Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey. Some of his most renowned works include The House of Fame, The Book of the Duchess and The Legend of Good Women.What Chaucer is known for the most today, however, is his authorship of The Canterbury Tales. This is a series of 24 delightful and insightful stories, written both in verse and in prose, that were presented initially as part of a storytelling contest by pilgrims traveling together to Canterbury.The stories are written in Middle English, and are included inside the frame tale of the pilgrims’ journey, as they seek to reach the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket found at the Canterbury Cathedral. Their themes vary greatly, from love and romance to tales of wisdom about avarice and greed. The characters and the narratives themselves hold remarkable cultural and historic value, while still remaining some of the most intriguing and well-presented works of fiction even more than six centuries after they were first published.The Canterbury Tales are oftentimes lively and sometimes even surprisingly humorous. An undisputed work of genius written by a man well ahead of his time, they will enchant you through the vivid portrayal of situations, places and characters that have inspired many other writers of prose and poetry throughout the centuries to come.Whether you have an interest for medieval society and its cultural values, are more drawn to the beauty and enchanting quality of the folklore and understanding of those times, or you just want to enjoy a few vibrant, fast-paced tales in Middle English, The Canterbury Tales will bring you what you seek.