by Geoffrey Chaucer · Penguin Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140622072
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«The Canterbury Tales» is a collection of medieval stories by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by Penguin Books in paperback (352 pages, in English).
A group of pilgrims of different ranks —from the knight to the miller, from the nun to the friar— travels from Southwark to Canterbury and, to pass the time, each tells a story. The result is an ironic and colorful portrait of fourteenth-century England, with tales of adultery, revenge, courtly love, greed and penitence, written with humor and vivid poetic language.
This edition belongs to the Penguin Popular Classics series and was published in 1996; some catalogs also cite it as 'The Canterbury Tales: A Selection'.
For readers of English classics, medieval poetry and social history, and for those seeking narratives with humor and irony.
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.
