The Canterbury Tales
Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Auflage | 2013 |
Seiten | 528 |
Format | 13,4 x 20,3 x 4,3 cm |
Gewicht | 648 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Penguin Clothbound Classics |
Übersetzer | Nevill Coghill |
ISBN-10 | 0141393211 |
EAN | 9780141393216 |
Bestell-Nr | 14139321EA |
Par. Part of Penguin\'s beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.
In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight\'s account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath\'s Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.Par.