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The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of "The Canterbury Tales."
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Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer
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- Released
- 1975
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- Title
- Canterbury Tales
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Released
- 1975
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 612
- ISBN10
- 0460113070
- ISBN13
- 9780460113076
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Adventure, Classics, Short Stories, School, Stories, England, English Literature, Middle Ages, Satire, Required Reading, Pilgrims
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of "The Canterbury Tales."