THE Canterbury Tales - Chaucer Geoffrey
THE Canterbury Tales - Chaucer Geoffrey A romp for the ages Vanity Fair now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is…
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THE Canterbury Tales - Chaucer Geoffrey
A romp for the ages Vanity Fair now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. Ackroyds contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these charactersas well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humoryet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucers verse. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition.
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