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The General Prologue & The Physician’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

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The General Prologue & The Physician’s Tale

Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Publish Date
1 December 2005
Run Time
2 hours 18 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts
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The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording the ‘General Prologue’ and ‘The Physician’s Tale’ are read in Middle English by Richard Bebb, under the direction of a leading Chaucerian scholar, Professor Derek Brewer. It is an authoritative performance that brilliantly evokes the fourteenth-century world, both for the general reader and the student alike. This is followed by a witty modern verse translation, and provides a fascinating contrast with the original.

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Author
Geoffrey Chaucer
Narrator
Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc, Stephen Tompkinson
Duration
2 hours 18 minutes
Release Date
1 December 2005
ISBN
9789629546496
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Genre
Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Ancient, classical and medieval texts

Synopsis

The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording the ‘General Prologue’ and ‘The Physician’s Tale’ are read in Middle English by Richard Bebb, under the direction of a leading Chaucerian scholar, Professor Derek Brewer. It is an authoritative performance that brilliantly evokes the fourteenth-century world, both for the general reader and the student alike. This is followed by a witty modern verse translation, and provides a fascinating contrast with the original.

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