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The Canterbury Tales (Puffin Classics)

The Canterbury Tales (Puffin Classics)

by Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Geraldine McCaughrean (Author), Geraldine McCaughrean (Author)

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Synopsis

This is a lively, humorous retelling for children of Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales", by award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean.

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Format: paperback
 Publisher: Puffin Classics
Published:
ISBN 10: 0140380531
ISBN 13: 9780140380538
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
A delight . . . [Raffel's translation] provides more opportunities to savor the counterpoint of Chaucer's earthy humor against passages of piercingly beautiful lyric poetry. --Kirkus Reviews

Masterly . . . This new translation beckons us to make our own pilgrimage back to the very wellsprings of literature in our language. --Billy Collins

The Canterbury Tales has remained popular for seven centuries. It is the most approachable masterpiece of the medieval world, and Mr. Raffel's translation makes the stories even more inviting. --Wall Street Journal

Author Bio
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342. He was valued highly by Edward III, who paid part of his ransom when he was captured fighting in France in 1360. He rose in royal employment, becoming a Justice of the Peace and was buried in 1400 in Westminster Abbey. Born and educated in Enfield, North London, Geraldine McCaughrean is the youngest of three children. She worked at a London publishing house for ten years, and now works from home, in Berkshire. She has written around a hundred and sixty books, mostly for children. She has won numerous awards, including the Whitbread Book of the Year Children's Novel Award, The Guardian Prize, and the Carnegie Medal.