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The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jill Mann.

Title
The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jill Mann.
Author
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Publication
London ; New York : Penguin, 2005.

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Additional Authors
Mann, Jill.
Description
lxxii, 1254 p.; 20 cm.
Summary
Chaucer's work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims have assembled on their way to Canterbury. Harry Bailly, the innkeeper, suggests a contest: whoever tells the best tale will win a supper when they reach Canterbury.
Series Statement
Penguin classics
Uniform Title
Penguin classics.
Subject
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey 1343-1400
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey
  • Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > Poetry
Genre/Form
  • Poetry
  • Kommentar.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-794).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Abbreviations of the Canterbury tales -- The general prologue -- 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 and tale -- The merchant's prologue, tale and epilogue -- The squire's prologue and tale -- The squire-franklin link, the franklin's prologue and tale -- The physician's tale -- The physician-pardoner link, the pardoner's prologue and tale -- The shipman's tale -- The shipman-prioress link, the prioress's prologue and tale -- The prioress-Sir Thopas link and Sir Thopas.
ISBN
014042234X (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 57168093
  • SCSB-11247703
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library