Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1 of 2

Excerpt from Canterbury Tales, Vol. 1 of 2The Canterbury Tales, as originally published, were the productions of two sisters, the daughters of Mr. John Lee, an English barrister, whose passion for the stage induced him to become an actor at the Covent Gar den Theater, and afterwards manager of the theater at Bath. Sophia lee, the elder daughter, was born in London in the year 1750, and her first appearance in literature was as the author of The Chapter of Acci dents, a comedy, brought out at the Haymarket Theater, and received with great applause. From the profits of this piece, she established, in connection with her younger sister harriet, a seminary for young ladies at Bath, which they conducted for many years with great credit and success.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.