The Canterbury Tales |
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Author:
| Chaucer, Geoffrey |
Introduction by:
| Coghill, Nevill |
Notes by:
| Coghill, Nevill |
Translator:
| Coghill, Nevill |
Illustrator:
| Bickford-Smith, Coralie |
Series title: | Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-14-139321-6 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. In
The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of...
More DescriptionPart of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between 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 legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.