The knight's tale -- The miller's prologue and tale -- The reeve's prologue and tale -- The cook's prologue and tale -- The man of law's prologue, tale and epilogue -- The wife of Bath's prologue and tale -- The friar's prologue and tale -- The summoner's prologue and tale -- The clerk's prologue an
The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
β Scribed by Ackroyd, Peter
- Book ID
- 108577712
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc.
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781101155639
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The knight's tale -- The miller's prologue and tale -- The reeve's prologue and tale -- The cook's prologue and tale -- The man of law's prologue, tale and epilogue -- The wife of Bath's prologue and tale -- The friar's prologue and tale -- The summoner's prologue and tale -- The clerk's prologue an
**A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of ChaucerΠ²Πβ’s classic** Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to mode
**A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of ChaucerΠ²Πβ’s classic** Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to mode
Ackroyd's retelling of Chaucer's classic isn't exactly like the Ethan Hawke'd film version of Hamlet, but it's not altogether different, either. Noting in his introduction that the source material is as close to a contemporary novel as Wells Cathedral is to an apartment block, Ackroyd translates the
### Product Description **''A romp for the ages'' (\_Vanity Fair\_)-now with a graphic cover and deluxe packaging** Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it acc