The Canterbury Tales
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Lively, absorbing, often outrageously funny, Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales” is a work of genius, an undisputed classic that has held a special appeal for each generation of readers. “The Canterbury Tales” gather twenty-nine of literature’s most enduring (and endearing) characters in a vivid group portrait that captures the full spectrum of medieval society, from the exalted Knight to the humble plowman. A graceful modren translation facing each page of the text allows the contemporary reader to enjoy the fast pace of these selections from “The Canterbury Tales” with the poetry of the Middle English original always at first hand.
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Often referred to as the father of English poetry, Geoffrey Chaucer was a fourteenth-century philosopher, alchemist, astrologer, bureaucrat, diplomat, and author of many significant poems. Chaucer’s writing was influential in English literary tradition, as it introduced new rhyming schemes and helped develop the vernacular tradition–the use of everyday English–rather than the literary French and Latin, which were common in written works of the time. Chaucer’s best-known–and most imitated–works include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, and The House of Fame.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780140380538
- Publication Date
- August 1, 1997
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Original Publication Date
- December 1, 1984
- Page Count
- 113
- Words Per Page
- 1350
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 10 - 99+ years
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 37462997
- Lexile® Level
- 500L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- ATOS® Book Level
- 7.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 52302
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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