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Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

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Canterbury Tales

Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Katie Haigh
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Publish Date
1 April 2022
Run Time
44 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories
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Geoffrey Chaucer, born about 1340, was the first great English poet. The immense popularity of the Canterbury Tales is shown by the number of manuscript copies still in existence. It was one of the first books printed in England. The vividness with which the author describes scenes and events and people, as if he had them before his eyes, is one of his greatest charms as a writer. Those who know him best place him second only to Shakespeare as a writer of delightful English. The spelling of Chaucer's time differs so much from ours that the difficulty of reading it discourages a great many people. The few stories here given are retold in the language of to-day: The Old Woman and the Knight; Death and the Three Revellers; Patient Griselda.
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Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Katie Haigh
Duration
44 minutes
Release Date
1 April 2022
ISBN
9782821112407
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
SAGA Egmont
Genre
Children's / Teenage fiction: Traditional stories

Synopsis

Geoffrey Chaucer, born about 1340, was the first great English poet. The immense popularity of the Canterbury Tales is shown by the number of manuscript copies still in existence. It was one of the first books printed in England. The vividness with which the author describes scenes and events and people, as if he had them before his eyes, is one of his greatest charms as a writer. Those who know him best place him second only to Shakespeare as a writer of delightful English. The spelling of Chaucer's time differs so much from ours that the difficulty of reading it discourages a great many people. The few stories here given are retold in the language of to-day: The Old Woman and the Knight; Death and the Three Revellers; Patient Griselda.-

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