THE CANTERBURY TALES: ILLUSTRATED EDITION
By Geoffrey; Coghill, Nevill (trans.). Foreword by Melvyn Bragg Introduction by John Wain Chaucer.
Description
A group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury Cathedral agree to pass the weary miles by taking turns at storytelling. The travelers ― noble, coarse, jolly, and pious ― offer a vibrant portrait of fourteenth-century English life. Their narratives form English literature's greatest collection of chivalric romances, bawdy tales, fables, legends, and other stories.The Canterbury Tales reflects a society in transition, as a middle class began to emerge from England's feudal system. Craftsmen and laborers ride side by side with the gentry on the road to the shrine of St. Thomas à Bec...
ISBN(s)
0752900838, 9780752900834
