Research Catalog

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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Details

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