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The Canterbury Tales
Original Text, · Sue Scullard · George Tute · Sarah Van Niekerk · Charles Shearer · Frank Martin · Peter Forster · Robert Kettell · Hannah Firmin · John Lawrence · Annie Newnham · Peter Reddick
By Geoffrey Chaucer · 1986
Back to CatalogueWritten in the late fourteenth century, this unfinished collection of verse tales is framed by a spring pilgrimage from Southwark to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. A knight, miller, reeve, wife of Bath, pardoner, prioress, and other travellers agree to tell stories on the road; the Host judges the contest. The tales range from chivalric romance and saint's legend to fabliau, sermon, and beast fable, and the tellers quarrel and reply to one another. The work is a framed anthology of estates satire and story, not a single plot about the journey's end.
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7 Subjects| No. | Volume Title | Page Count |
|---|---|---|
| Vol. 1 | — | 332 pp |
| Vol. 2 | — | 384 pp |
| Vol. 3 | — | 600 pp |
Quarter bound in red leather, blue cloth boards with a large fleuron in gold. Pale blue endleaves printed in black. Blue slipcase.
| Printing | Print Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Printing | 1986 | — |
| 2nd Printing | 1987 | — |
| 3rd Printing | 1989 | — |
| 4th Printing | 1990 | — |