Here bygynneth the book of the tales of caunterbury. His writings give an important insight into the medieval english society. Jun 05, 20 the tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a group of pilgrims on their way from southwark to canterbury to visit the shrine of saint. Aug 27, 2008 listen to canterbury tales audiobook by geoffrey chaucer.
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Dec 01, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Librivox recording of the canterbury tales, by geoffrey chaucer. Back then we had to read the untranslated versions in middle english which was quite laborious and rather took the fun out of it. The canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer read by patrick. And as our lusty travelers reach their final destination, the romantic air of their.
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At the tabard inn, thirty travelers of widely varying classes and occupations are gathering to make the annual pilgrimage to beckets shrine at canterbury. Full text of the tales handy online version of the tales, with facingpage modern english translation next to the original middle english. Free audio book that you can download in mp3, ipod and itunes format for your portable audio player. Listen to the canterbury tales the prologue the knights tale the millers tale the pardoners. Much easier to read than the original in dated english prose. The canterbury tales by geoffrey chaucer unabridged. The canterbury tales and other poems free online book and ebooks. Life of chaucer the canterbury tales the court of love the cuckoo and the nightingale the assembly of fowls the flower and the leaf the. The canterbury tales audiobook, written by geoffrey chaucer. There are many, many more ribald tales of canterbury. Chaucers finest work begins at the tabard inn, where thirty travelers of widely varying classes and occupations are gathering to make the annual pilgrimage to beckets shrine at canterbury.
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