by Geoffrey Chaucer · Optima Editorial · tapa dura · ISBN 9788489693562
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«Cuentos de Canterbury» is the collection of medieval tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by Optima Editorial in hardcover (350 pages, in Spanish).
A group of pilgrims from different social backgrounds heads to Canterbury to venerate the tomb of Saint Thomas Becket. To make the journey more pleasant, each one tells a story, and the whole offers a satirical and humorous portrait of medieval England, with tales of love, chivalry, religion and roguery in verse and prose.
Illustrated edition in Spanish; the original title of the work is The Canterbury Tales, originally composed around 1400.
Suitable for those who enjoy medieval classics and for reading in a school setting.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively, the 'father of English poetry'. He was the first writer to be buried in what has since become Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
