The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387-1400. In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of Peace and, three years later, Clerk of the King's work in 1389. It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint...
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387-1400. In ...
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Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Canterbury Tales are here presented in their original Middle-English. This edition contains a wealth of material and a substantial number of notes
Part of Alma Classics Evergreen series, The Canterbury Tales are here presented in their original Middle-English. This edition contains a wealth of ma...