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The Canterbury tales, Geoffrey Chaucer ; a retelling by Peter Ackroyd ; illustrated by Nick Bantock
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- Summary
- Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, "The Canterbury Tales" concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 436 pages
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009
- Contents
-
- 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 franklin's prologue and tale
- The physician's tale
- The pardoner's prologue and tale
- The shipman's tale
- The prioress's prologue and tale
- Prologue and tale of Sir Thopas
- The monk's prologue and tale
- The nun's priest's prologue, tale and epilogue
- The second nun's prologue and tale
- The canon's yeoman's prologue and tale
- The Manciple's prologue and tale
- The parson's prologue
- Chaucer's retractions
- Isbn
- 9780143106173
- Label
- The Canterbury tales
- Title
- The Canterbury tales
- Statement of responsibility
- Geoffrey Chaucer ; a retelling by Peter Ackroyd ; illustrated by Nick Bantock
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Renowned novelist, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents it in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to readers while preserving the spirit of the original. A mirror for medieval society, "The Canterbury Tales" concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR1872
- LC item number
- .A35 2010
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- -1400
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Series statement
- Penguin classics deluxe edition
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Canterbury (England)
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Chaucer, Geoffrey
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
- England
- Label
- The Canterbury tales, Geoffrey Chaucer ; a retelling by Peter Ackroyd ; illustrated by Nick Bantock
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 franklin's prologue and tale -- The physician's tale -- The pardoner's prologue and tale -- The shipman's tale -- The prioress's prologue and tale -- Prologue and tale of Sir Thopas -- The monk's prologue and tale -- The nun's priest's prologue, tale and epilogue -- The second nun's prologue and tale -- The canon's yeoman's prologue and tale -- The Manciple's prologue and tale -- The parson's prologue -- Chaucer's retractions
- Control code
- ocn567148872
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 436 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143106173
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- The Canterbury tales, Geoffrey Chaucer ; a retelling by Peter Ackroyd ; illustrated by Nick Bantock
- Note
- Originally published: New York : Viking, 2009
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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 franklin's prologue and tale -- The physician's tale -- The pardoner's prologue and tale -- The shipman's tale -- The prioress's prologue and tale -- Prologue and tale of Sir Thopas -- The monk's prologue and tale -- The nun's priest's prologue, tale and epilogue -- The second nun's prologue and tale -- The canon's yeoman's prologue and tale -- The Manciple's prologue and tale -- The parson's prologue -- Chaucer's retractions
- Control code
- ocn567148872
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xxii, 436 pages
- Isbn
- 9780143106173
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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