Canterbury Tales

Canterbury Tales

Title: Canterbury Tales
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Release: 2024-10-22
Kind: audiobook
Genre: Kids & Young Adults
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Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer, born around 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 given here are retold in contemporary English: The Old Woman and the Knight, Death and the Three Revellers, Patient Griselda.

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