At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.
Product details
Publisher : Penguin Classics; Reprint edition (7 April 2005)
Language : Middle English
Paperback : 1328 pages
ISBN-10 : 014042234X
ISBN-13 : 978-0140422344
Dimensions : 12.9 x 5.84 x 19.81 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 34,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
19 in Christian Poetry
51 in War Poetry (Books)
127 in Classical, Early & Medieval Poetry
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