The Canterbury Tales, one of the greatest narrative poems in the English language, was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late fourteenth century and consists of twenty-four tales told by a group of pilgrims as they journey from London to Canterbury Cathedral. Selina Hastings has selected seven of the tales and retold them for young readers in modern prose with consummate skill and sensitivity. The tales, notable for the vigor of both characters and plot, are as diverse in style and subject as the pilgrims themselves: the rascally Miller's tale, full of rowdy humor and intrigue; the Knight's romantic tale of chivalry; the Pardoner's tale that relates a moral anecdote about three hooligans' deaths in a heap of gold. Reg Cartwright's superb paintings powerfully evoke the robust flavor of medieval England and bring The Canterbury Tales vividly to life for today's children.
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Scene at the Tabard
The Knight
The Knight's Tale
The Miller
The Miller's Tale
The Reeve
The Reeve's Tale
The Nun's Priest
The Nun's Priest Tale
The Pardoner
The Pardoner's Tale
The Wife of Bath
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Franklin
The Franklin's Tale
Index
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