This modern English edition of Chaucer's classic begins on a spring day in April. Sometime in the waning years of the 14th century, 29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them are a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertain each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres.
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"I'd forgotten how much these tales make me laugh! (and Chaucer writes some rather "shocking" material for the 15th century) My senior AP kids will read this and then race through British lit this fall. " — Kristin (5 out of 5 stars)
"I'd forgotten how much these tales make me laugh! (and Chaucer writes some rather "shocking" material for the 15th century) My senior AP kids will read this and then race through British lit this fall. "
" One can learn a lot of 14th C England by reading this book. One can learn more, by reading it and a general history of late Medieval England. "
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.
David Butler is the vice president of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Coca-Cola Company and is responsible for Coca-Cola’s Accelerator Program, which is designed to generate early-stage, high-growth start-ups. Under Butler’s leadership, Coca-Cola has been recognized with numerous design awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix from the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. In 2009 Butler was recognized by Fast Company as a “Master of Design” and by Fortune for its 2013 Executive Dream Team. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Design and Innovation.
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