| The Canterbury Tales III Contributor(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author), Barrett, Sean (Read by), Others (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1094014737 ISBN-13: 9781094014739 Publisher: Naxos OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats Published: December 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales tells of a group of pilgrims from all layers of society who pass the time during their journey to Canterbury by telling stories to one another. Naxos AudioBooks' third volume presents six of these tales, here in an unabridged modern verse translation by Frank Ernest Hill. 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pigott-Smith, Tim: - Tim Pigott-Smith is an award-winning English actor of film, television, and stage and an audiobook narrator. He has narrated several notable television documentaries, including Crimes That Shook the World. He has won two AudioFile Earphones Awards, for The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene and The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyesvky. He was a three-time finalist for the 2006 Audie Award for Best Original Work for the three-part Eyewitness series by Joanna Burke. His film career includes roles in major motion pictures, including V for Vendetta, Quantum of Solace, The Remains of the Day, Gangs of New York, and more. His numerous television credits include Downton Abbey, The Jewel in the Crown, and North and South. He is also a noted radio actor, appearing in many productions on BBC Radio 4, and a regular stage actor in Shakespearean and Greek roles. Barrett, Sean: -Sean Barrett has won over twenty Earphones Awards and two prestigious Audie Awards for his audiobook narrations. He started acting professionally at the age of twelve and has since appeared on television and in film in Minder, Brush Strokes, War and Peace, Sons and Lovers, and Return to Oz. His stage credits include performing in the West End with Noël Coward in his Suite in Three Keys. He has worked extensively on BBC Radio and has also narrated several television series, including People's Century and Crash. Others: -Others, as in, not you Chaucer, Geoffrey: -Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400), English poet, was the son of a London vintner. He was married and held a number of positions at court and in the king's service, including diplomat, controller of customs in the port of London, and deputy forester in the King's Forest in Somerset. He was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey where a monument was erected to him in 1555. |