Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales
Read a fragment
Instant download
after payment (24/7)
Wide range of formats
(for all gadgets)
Full book
(including for Apple and Android)
"The Canterbury Tales" is the fourth volume of the collection of works by Geoffrey Chaucer, an outstanding English poet of the Middle Ages. This book is considered a masterpiece of world literature, which consists of various stories presented in the form of a frame story about a pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. In this work, Chaucer reveals the customs, characters and social problems of his time through the prism of various characters - from knights to craftsmen.
"The Canterbury Tales" are known for their depth and sharpness of social and moral portrayal, humor and irony. This work is a kind of mirror of the society and morality of medieval England. It is read and studied as a masterpiece of world literature, which has retained its relevance and value throughout the centuries."
GB/201898/R
Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- Release date
- 2007-07-22
- Title
- Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales
- Subject
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry
PR - Editor
- Walter W. (Walter William) Skeat
11 books by the same author:
Products from this category:
"The Canterbury Tales" is the fourth volume of the collection of works by Geoffrey Chaucer, an outstanding English poet of the Middle Ages. This book is conside...