| Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer Contributor(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (Author), Mackaye, Percy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0766171779 ISBN-13: 9780766171770 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: The illustrious work of Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, are presented herein as a modern rendering into prose of the Prologue and ten tales. The barrier of obsolete speech is the occasion for this rendering of the Canterbury Tales in English, easily intelligible today. Mr. Mackaye presents a representative portion of Chaucer's unfinished masterpiece in such a form as shall best preserve for a modern reader the substance and style of the original. Handsomely illustrated. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 8.25" W x 11" (1.30 lbs) 260 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |