Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Brand: Penguin

Color: Multicolor

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Format: Deckle Edge

Number Of Pages: 1328

Release Date: 01-09-2005

model number: 3524169

Part Number: 3524169

Details: One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society.
The tales are as various as the pilgrims themselves, encompassing comedy, pathos, tragedy, and cynicism. The Miller and the Reeve express their mutual antagonism in a pair of comic stories combining sex and trickery; in "The Shipman’s Tale," a wife sells her favors to a monk. Others draw on courtly romance and fantasy: the Knight tells of rivals competing for the love of the same woman, and the Squire describes a princess who can speak to birds. In these twenty-four tales, Chaucer displays a dazzling range of literary styles and conjures up a wonderfully vivid picture of medieval life.

EAN: 9780140422344

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.4 x 1.9 inches

Languages: English, Middle English