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Title
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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer: A Selection
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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First American edition
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Retold by Selina Hastings
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Creator
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Chaucer, Geoffrey
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Contributor
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Cartwright, Reg
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Date
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2016-01-25T15:47:44Z
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2013-08
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1988
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T15:47:44Z
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Date Issued
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1988
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Abstract
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This is a large-format book with pleasant illlustrations that are a combination of contemporary (with Chaucer) and primitive. There is in them, for example, no attempt at depth or dimensionality. In the beginning T of C, characters who tell the stories are seated on horseback. Each of sesven gets an introduction as well as a tale. The selection is, I believe, good: Knight, Miller, Reeve, Nun's Priest, Pardoner, Wife of Bath, and Franklin tell their tales. The story of The Nun's Priest's Tale is faithful to Chaucer's version but excises a number of the medical and scientific authorities that Chanticleer and Pertelote quote to each other. One good illustration, on 47, shows Chanticleer side by side with Pertelote. A final illustration has the fox glaring up at Chanticleer, now safely ensconced in a tree (51).
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Identifier
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9780805009040
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9932 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Henry Holt and Company
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New York
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Subject
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PR1872.H27 1988
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Chaucer
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Type
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Book, Whole