(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)The CCLaP 100: In which I read for the first time a hundred so-called "classics," then write reports on...
The medieval work, read in modern English, is a collection of stories, each told by a different traveller on pilgrimage to Canterbury. Included are portions of "The Prologue", the earthy tales of the miller and reeve, the "Nun's Priest's" fable, the Pardoner's cynical "sermon", and the lusty "Wif...
A selection of the best-loved and most frequently studied of The Canterbury Tales This collection is the perfect introduction to one of the cornerstones of English literature. The General Prologue provides picturesque character sketches of the colorful band of pilgrims who gather at a London inn ...