Other editions of book The Canterbury Tales 1929 By Modern Library

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Peter Ackroyd. The Canterbury Tales – A Retelling The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including "Troilus and Criseyde", "House of Fame", "Parliament of Fowls", the Canterbury Tales is Chaucer's magnum opus, and a towering achievement of Western culture.

While Geoffrey Chaucer composed several magnificent works of poetry, his reputation as the father of English literature rests mainly on "The Canterbury Tales," a group of stories told by assorted pilgrims en route to the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. From the mirthful and bawdy to the profoundly moral, the tales, taken in their entirety, reflect not only the manners and mores of medieval England, but indeed, the full comic and tragic dimensions of the human condition. Considered the greatest collection of narrative poems in English literature, "The Canterbury Tales" was composed in the Middle English of Chaucer s day, possibly to be read aloud at the court of Richard II. However, their grandeur, humor, and relevance are timeless, as readers of this authoritative edition will discover. UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE SIGNET CLASSICS "CANTERBURY TALES "Full critical Introduction by editor Donald R. Howard * Normalized spelling system for easier reading and pronunciation * Extensive footnotes * Special section On Pronouncing Chaucer * Glossary of basic Middle English words With a Foreword by Frank Grady and a New Afterword by Paul Strohm"

The Canterbury Tales is Geoffrey Chaucer's enduring look into medieval life. Aristocratic high life, working class ribaldry, and lowly common outlooks all mix in Chaucer's timelss tales. On thier pilgrimage to the Cathedral in Canterbury, a traveling party of mixed classes repeat tales of chivalry, honor, humor, and rawness. This spyglass into English life in the Middle Ages is edited by 19th Century literature professor D. Laing Purves and enriched by an introduction by contemporary historian J. W. Maxcey

Book and CD: The Canterbury Tales. This is a unique book and CD set that allow your child to read for pleasure, read for information, and improve comprehension skills through listening and reading. This book and CD can be used for grades 7-12. This is The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. The book is read aloud on CD. The reader then has the opportunity to take a small quiz on understanding the text. There are fill in the blank questions, true or false questions and more. There are numerous other activities such as crossword puzzles, unscramble words, match to the definition etc... The history learned in this book expands from the person to the places to actual historical people also alive and interacting during the time of the writing of this book. There is an answer key in the back of the book just in case you need it. There are colorful sketch pictures as well as photos of some of the actual people that lived during the story setting. There are 126 pages in this book. It is paperback. Produced by Black Cat Publishing.

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