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The Canterbury Tales

	List Price: $10.00 Our Price: $8.50 Your Save: $ 1.50 ( 15% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Publisher: Vintage Written By: Geoffrey Chaucer
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 821.1 EAN: 9780394702933 ISBN: 039470293X Label: Vintage Manufacturer: Vintage Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 1965-07-12 Publisher: Vintage Release Date: 1965-07-12 Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review: David Wright's prose version of Chaucer's classic.
Reader Reviews for The Canterbury Tales: Customer Rating: Summary: Decent Comment: The book stated in was in "good" shape, but I was say it is a little less than good, but still useable. None of the pages are torn but they are yellow with spots on it. And it shipped extremely late compared to all of the other books. My class started quite a while back so I am thankful that I did not need this at the beginning of the summer class or else I would not have had it. I ordered eleven books for my Western Civ class and this was the last book to get here. But if you order from here make sure there is not a time sensitive issue. Other than that it is an okay buy. The price was great though!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Canterbury Tales Comment: I indeed ordered Canterbury Tales as a gift for my daughter. There were many options as to the style of book available. I specifically searched for something appearing a little older or different that was a hardcover and especially liked the idea it was cloth covered...that sold me on this item. When it arrived however it was hardcover but not cloth covered; rather paper covered that looks like cloth on the actual print. That was very disappointing...if I had of known I would not have placed this order. Customer Rating: Summary: Amazon appears to have combined the reveiws for several different editions Comment: The Bantam edition (ISBN 0-553-21082-3), edited, introduced and translated by Peter G. Beidler, is inexpensive but readable. I like having the original on one side and a translation on the other because it enables me to make an attempt at reading the original and then check my comprehension with the translation. The introduction and notes are informative but not intrusive. It's true that only ten of the tales are included but there is enough to keep you busy for awhile. I recommend this if you are looking for an inexpensive and portable edition. Customer Rating: Summary: Why is Chaucer so great? Comment: Umm... Did not enjoy this book. Characters were almost all lewd and bad people, crooks and the like. One dimensional characters, all. The stories they told were sometimes interesting, at least. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent Translation with Middle English on the Left Comment: Although it does not include ALL the tales, most of which were never completed, this is a wonderful edition because: 1. the Middle English orginal text is on the left hand side. 2. the translation is on the right hand side. 3. each tale has a summary preceding it. 4. all explanatory notes follow the summary to each tale. 5. excellent translation of each. 6. essays at the beginning set the stage and include Chaucer's bio, setting of religion, why the pilgramage to Canterbury was being made, and so forth. 7. incredible low price for such an edition. I found that picking up the tempo and pronounciation of Middle English was rather easy. Especially helpful if you adopt a sort of Irish/Londoner accent and read aloud. To sum, hard to go wrong with this edition.

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