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Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, The Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters-as well as explicitly rendering their bawdy humor-yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
- Peter Ackroyd - Translator
- Peter Ackroyd - Adapter
- Peter Ackroyd - Author of introduction, etc.
- Geoffrey Chaucer - Author
- Ted Stearn - Illustrator
Kindle Book
- ISBN: 9781101466001
- Release date: November 2, 2010
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781101466001
- Release date: November 2, 2010
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781101466001
- File size: 2713 KB
- Release date: November 2, 2010
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Lexile® Measure:500
Text Difficulty:1-2