‘Now as I’ve drunk a draught of corn-ripe ale,By God it stands to reason I can strike On some good story that you all will like’ In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literaturea masterly collection of chivalric romancesmoral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition within a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight’s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath’s Arthurian legendto the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook. Rich and diverseThe Canterbury tales offers us an unrivalled glimpse into the life and mind of medieval England. Nevill Coghill’s masterly and vivid modern English verse translation is rendered with consummate skill to retain all the vigour and poetry of Chaucer’s fourteenth-century Middle English.
The Canterbury Tales
$5.00
Geoffrey Chaucer
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