The Canterbury Tales (eBook, ePUB)
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| Partner: | buecher.de |
| Hersteller: | Dover Publications (Chaucer, Geoffrey) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
A group of pilgrims bound for Canterbury Cathedral agree to pass the weary miles by taking turns at storytelling. The travelers—noble, coarse, jolly, and pious—offer a vibrant portrait of fourteenth-century English life. Their narratives form English literature´s greatest collection of chivalric romances, bawdy tales, fables, legends, and other stories.The Canterbury Tales reflects a society in transition, as a middle class began to emerge from England´s feudal system. Craftsmen and laborers ride side by side with the gentry on the road to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket, and their discussions and arguments about ethical issues mirror their changing world. The pilgrims´ conversations and stories also reveal their individual personalities, and Chaucer´s vivid, realistic characterizations assured the Tales an instant and enduring success. Each pilgrim´s story can be read separately and appreciated in its own right; all appear here in a lucid...
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