Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Wordsworth Poetry Library; Paperback (B Format); Bibliography, Glossary, Notes
656 pages
Published: December 1994
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN: 1853264369
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The Wordsworth Poetry Library comprises the works of the greatest English-speaking poets, as well as many lesser-known poets. Each collection has a specially commissioned introduction.This Chaucerian English edition uses W W Skeat's famous text and includes a glossary and notes on the language and metre. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished account of the journey of 30 pilgrims from London to the shrine of St Thomas in Canterbury, and the stories that they tell each other on the road to while away the time. Noble, tragic and bawdy tales intermingle to offer insight into pilgrim society.