The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
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- First published
- Late 14th century (Canterbury Tales)
- Pages
- 762Digital editionReference edition
- Reading time
- About 15 hours31 half-hour sittings
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- Not set
A little about the book
Pilgrims travelling together toward Canterbury tell stories that reveal as much about themselves as about their subjects. The courtly tale of a knight shares a journey with arguments, jokes and much less dignified accounts of married life.
The edition places other poems beside the tales. Inside the pilgrimage, it helps to read the links between stories, where one speaker can answer or irritate the next.
Is it for you?
You’ll enjoy it if you like
- storytelling contests
- medieval social comedy
- poetry in an older English idiom
Things You May Not Know About The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
- The General Prologue introduces the pilgrims before the tales begin.
- Chaucer left the projected storytelling scheme incomplete.
About this edition
This English edition comes from Project Gutenberg. The Freebookia PDF has 762 pages. The EPUB adjusts to your reading settings.
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