The Canterbury Tales

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• The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer

  Translator Burton Raffel gives new life to Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. The epic poem has long been celebrated for its satiric wit and humor; together on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, 30 strangers pass the time by telling two stories apiece ... (read full critics)

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• Norton Critical Edition: Second Edition

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• The cover shows Chaucer from an illuminated manuscript in the British Museum

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  "amor vincit omnia"
  "the words must be cousin to the deed"
  "poverty is a glass through which he can see his true friends"
  "he is noble who does noble deeds"

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• English Books
• Audio CD
• Edition: Abridged
• ISBN-10: 9626340444
• ISBN-13: 9789626340448
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Pub date: Sep 01, 1995
• Dimensions: 903 mm x 774 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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