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The Canterbury Tales III by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Canterbury Tales III

Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Tim Pigott-Smith, Timothy West, Michael Maloney, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson, Charles Kay, Rosalind Shanks, Sean Barrett
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Publish Date
1 January 2004
Run Time
3 hours 33 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts
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Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of thirty people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host – Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks’ third volume presents the tales of six people, here in an unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, (1935)). This is an ideal way to appreciate the genuinely funny and droll talent of England’s early master storyteller. Seven leading British actors bring the medieval world into the twenty-first century, and at least in terms of character, not much seems to have changed!

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Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Tim Pigott-Smith, Timothy West, Michael Maloney, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson, Charles Kay, Rosalind Shanks, Sean Barrett
Duration
3 hours 33 minutes
Release Date
1 January 2004
ISBN
9789629546489
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts

Synopsis

Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, a collection of narratives written between 1387 and 1400, tells of a group of thirty people from all layers of society who pass the time along their pilgrimage to Canterbury by telling stories to one another, their interaction mediated (at times) by the affable host – Chaucer himself. Naxos AudioBooks’ third volume presents the tales of six people, here in an unabridged modern verse translation (by Frank Ernest Hill, (1935)). This is an ideal way to appreciate the genuinely funny and droll talent of England’s early master storyteller. Seven leading British actors bring the medieval world into the twenty-first century, and at least in terms of character, not much seems to have changed!

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