| The Canterbury Tales Enriched Classi Edition Contributor(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0671727699 ISBN-13: 9780671727697 Publisher: Simon & Schuster OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound Published: June 1990 Annotation: The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of "The Canterbury Tales."
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Series: Enriched Classics (Simon & Schuster) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 4.2" W x 6.7" (0.50 lbs) 480 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of The Canterbury Tales. |