{"product_id":"the-chaucer-story-book-paperback","title":"The Chaucer Story Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEva March Tappan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterful retelling-in modern English-of a selection of \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales, \u003c\/i\u003e one of the English language's most popular and long-lasting literary works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten at the end of the fourteenth century in Middle English and published as the \"Tales of Caunterbury,\" Geoffrey Chaucer's work has been credited with popularizing the literary use of vernacular English, rather than French or Latin. This vernacular was, however, Middle English, and still moderately difficult for the modern English reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis version takes the most popular tales from \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales, \u003c\/i\u003e and retells them in a style and language designed to make them accessible to the modern reader. The tales, converted from their original prose, are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark in London to the shrine of St. Thomas   Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these tales the reader will learn of courtly love, high adventure at sea and on land, Roman heroes, the murder of a Christian boy by Jews, the grisly end of a gang of robbers, moral lessons on love and beauty, the drawing down to hell of a corrupt church official, the testing of a Piedmont nobleman's wife's loyalty, Genghis Khan (\"Cambyuskan\" in Chaucer's text), the trickery of an alchemist, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Humor, pathos, character-drawing, mischievous satire, and love of nature . . . all these qualities are found abundantly in the poetry of Chaucer. . .\"-from the author's preface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition has been completely reset and contains all the original illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFront cover illustration: Chaucer from the Ellesmere manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eAt the Tabard Inn\u003cbr\u003eThe Knight's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Man of Law's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Prioress's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Nun's Priest's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Pardoner's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Wife of Bath's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Friar's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Clerk's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Squire's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Franklin's Tale\u003cbr\u003eThe Canon's Yeoman's Tale\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.29 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44427832918118,"sku":"9781542853040","price":25.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/b0hRQXh0ZEVvb1d2YjlFY3FNRVVIZz09.webp?v=1770191488","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-chaucer-story-book-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}