The Canterbury tales /
Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill
- 526 pages ; 18 cm
One spring day, 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.
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Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Poetry--England--Canterbury Tales, Medieval Storytelling--Poetry