The Canterbury Tales - Peter Ackroyd
The Canterbury Tales - Peter Ackroyd "The Canterbury Tales" is a major part of England's literary heritage. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and…
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The Canterbury Tales - Peter Ackroyd
"The Canterbury Tales" is a major part of England's literary heritage. Incorporating every style of medieval narrative - bawdy anecdote, allegorical fable and courtly romance - the tales encompass a blend of universal human themes. From the exuberant Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend to the Miller's worldly, ribald farce, these tales can be taken as a mirror of fourteenth-century London.
The edition also includes an introduction by Ackroyd, detailing some of the historical background to Chaucer and the Tales, and why he has been inspired to translate them for a new generation of readers. Ackroyd's retelling is a highly readable, prose version in modern English, using expletive and avoiding euphemism, making the Tales much more accessible to a new generation of readers.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales
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