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Title
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Geoffrey Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dustjacket (book cover)
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Barbara Cohen
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Creator
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Cohen, Barbara
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Contributor
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Hyman, Trina Schart
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Date
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2025-05-20T17:10:06Z
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2023-06
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1988
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Date Available
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2025-05-20T17:10:06Z
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Date Issued
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1988
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Abstract
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I have enjoyed this book. It works off the earliest artistry I am aware of, and so it offers colorful images of the figures in the pilgrimage, first on its dust-jacket and cover, then across two pages at the title-page. The prologue is enhanced by a view of the group enjoying dinner at the Tabard. The prologue then features group portraits of the pilgrims. I find this exercise of imagination delightful. There follow eight paired prose texts: prologue and tale from the Nun's Priest; the Pardoner; the Wife of Bath; and the Franklin. This may be the first time I have taken time with the Franklin's Tale! My interest here for the fable collection is the first offering, with its intriguing portrait of the Nun's Priest. As with the other tales, there is one full-page illustration (30). In the background it pictures the wild scene of the pursuit of the fox. In the foreground are a rooster and chicken, presumably Chanticleer and Pertelote, even though Chanticleer at the moment is in the mouth of the fox in the chase going on in the background. Some might count the Pardoner's moral tale as a fable. It is well told and has a good illustration of the three thieves enjoying their treasure. Death lurks in the scene in several ways.
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Identifier
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13445 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
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New York
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Subject
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Chanticleer