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Book synopsis

The most complete of all remaining surviving fragments sections of The Canterbury Tales, the First Fragment contains some of Chaucer's most widely enjoyed work. In The General Prologue, Chaucer introduces his pilgrims through a set of speaking portraits, drawn with a clarity that makes no attempt to conceal their peculiarities. The four tales that follow - those of the Knight, Miller, Reeve and Cook - reveal a wide variety of human preoccupations: whether chivalrous, romantic or simply sexual. Brilliantly bawdy and subtly complex, each of these tales is alive with Chaucer's skills as a poet, storyteller and creator of comedy.

Book details

Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Poetry Poetry by individual poets

• Full title: Canterbury Tales
• Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• EAN: 9780140434095
• ISBN: 0140434097
• ID: 04024045
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 242 g
• Dimensions: 196 × 131 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. March 1996

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