Canterbury Tales (Enriched Classics (Simon & Schuster))

Canterbury Tales (Enriched Classics (Simon & Schuster))

by Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), R.M.Lumiansky (Author)

Synopsis

Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. The Canterbury Tales gather twenty-nine of literature's most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from The Canterbury Tales with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 01 Sep 1990

ISBN 10: 0671727699
ISBN 13: 9780671727697

Author Bio
Geoffrey Chaucer, considered by many to be both the father of modern English poetry and the father of the modern English novel (for Troilus and Criseyde), also distinguished himself in his lifetime as a civil servant and diplomat under three kings of England. When he was taken prisoner by the French, the King himself contributed to his ransom. When, in later years, the King wished to reward Chaucer for his services to the crown, he was granted -- among other favors -- the right to demand a daily jug of wine from the pantry of the royal butler. Toward the end of his career, he became a knight of the shire for Kent.

But it is for The Canterbury Tales that he is best remembered. This masterpiece of English literature moved Aldous Huxley to say, If I dared to wish for genius, I would ask for the grace to write The Canterbury Tales.