The Canterbury Tales: A Selection - Brossura

Chaucer, Geoffrey

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0140622071 ISBN 13: 9780140622072

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 1996

Riassunto

The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical languauge. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence. As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

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L'autore:

Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342. He was valued highly by Edward III, who paid part of his ransom when he was captured fighting in France in 1360. He rose in royal employment, becoming a Justice of the Peace and was buried in 1400 in Westminster Abbey.

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• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0140622071
• ISBN 13: 9780140622072
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 352