The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (ISBN:0140424385)

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		The Canterbury Tales
	
				(652 reviews)			
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			Geoffrey Chaucer,  Nevill Coghill		
	
A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other.

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							KT
						
							few weeks ago						
We had to read this for school my senior year, but we only read a select few of the tales - the ones that dealt with marriage, plus the Pardoner's tale. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the tales and wish that we had had time to read more of them. I liked all the contrasting views of marriage and have a lot of trouble believing that one man could've written all of these. Not a must-read, but something...more
 We had to read this for school my senior year, but we only read a select few of the tales - the ones that dealt with marriage, plus the Pardoner's tale. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the tales and wish that we had had time to read more of them. I liked all the contrasting views of marriage and have a lot of trouble believing that one man could've written all of these. Not a must-read, but something I believe everyone should at least attempt to read at some point.   hide

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							Michele
						
							few weeks ago						
Had to read it a few times to obtain my English degree...note "had to"    wouldn't put myself through that again by choice

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
I'm not terribly sure what it is about...but I sometimes have to memorize passages from it. Honestly, it really is fun to say...
"Want that April with his shoores soote, the droughte of March hathpeirced to the roote and bathed every vein in switch liquor of which Vertu engandred is the floore. Wan Zephryus ache with this sweete breathe..."

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							Debra
						
							few weeks ago						
What high school senior hasn't read this book unless she faked it?

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							Tommy
						
							few weeks ago						
Great book. Greater still is the town of Canterbury England. Went there and loved it.

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							terran
						
							few weeks ago						
never finished lol

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							sneha
						
							few weeks ago						
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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
Obviosly as a set text at school, some hate it, I loved the intricacies of the ancient text, what it all meant and the imagery of the allegorical tales the images it conjured up.  Fascinating

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							Carmen
						
							few weeks ago						
Much more enjoyable than when I read it in high school-maybe because this time I didn't have to?  The translation was great and the notes helped a lot.

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							A Reader
						
							few weeks ago						
The real inspiration for every Monty Python skit. Read it out loud to get more out of it, and don't be afraid to put a screeching halt to your progress by looking at the explications. Etymologies are a world away from cognates, so assume nothing! Would not recommend reading this at religious ceremonies, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, or around anyone even remotely sexually inhibited. Speaking...more
 The real inspiration for every Monty Python skit. Read it out loud to get more out of it, and don't be afraid to put a screeching halt to your progress by looking at the explications. Etymologies are a world away from cognates, so assume nothing! Would not recommend reading this at religious ceremonies, Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, or around anyone even remotely sexually inhibited. Speaking of "worlds away," escathological texts are a world away from scatalogical stories such as these, so be careful who you introduce this to.   hide

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