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CANTERBURY TALES Paperback - 2010
by ACKROYD, PETER
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Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. Illustrations.
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- Title CANTERBURY TALES
- Author ACKROYD, PETER
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Dlx Rep
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics
- Date 2010-11-02
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Deckle Edges, Illustrated, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1387127
- ISBN 9780143106173 / 0143106171
- Weight 1.09 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 8.22 x 5.79 x 1.21 in (20.88 x 14.71 x 3.07 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages, Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
"A romp for the ages" (Vanity Fair)-now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging
Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters-as well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humor-yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse.
Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters-as well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humor-yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse.