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David Wright's new translation of The Canterbury Tales into modern verse--the first to appear in over thirty years--makes one of the greatest works of English literature accessible to all readers while preserving the wit and vivacity of Chaucer's original text.

The Canterbury Tales (A Norton Critical Edition)

The Canterbury Tales (A Norton Critical Edition)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

This Norton Critical Edition includes the most admired of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales . Each is presented in the original language, with normalized spelling and substantial annotations for modern readers. Among the new added to the Second Edition are the much-requested "Merchant's Tale" and the "Tale of Sir Thopas." "Sources and Backgrounds" are included for the General Prologue and for most of the tales,... (more)

A Bantam Dual-Language Book: Chaucer; Canterbury Tales & Tales of Caunterbury

A selection of the best tales from Chaucer's masterpiece, preented in the original Middle English with an authoritative, modern English translation.

A Shrine of Murders: Being the First of the Canterbury Tales of Kathryn Swinbrooke, Leech, and PhysicianC. L. Grace

A Shrine of Murders: Being the First of the Canterbury Tales of Kathryn Swinbrooke, Leech, and Physician

by C. L. Grace

When a series of murders paralyzes the town of Canterbury in the fifteenth century, physician and chemist Kathryn Swinbrooke, assisted by bumbling Irish soldier Colum Murtagh, searches for a killer with literary tastes and rather personal motives.

The Serpents Of Harbledown: A Novel (Domesday Books/Edward Marston, Vol 5)

The Serpents Of Harbledown: A Novel (Domesday Books/Edward Marston, Vol 5)

by Edward Marston

Series sleuths Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret (Lions of the North, LJ 9/1/96) suspect foul play in the supposed snake-bite death of a much-loved and -respected girl. Another realistic look at 11th-century Britain for historical mystery fans. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Canterbury Cathedral (The New Bell's Cathedral Guides)Canon Derek Ingram Hill

Canterbury Cathedral (The New Bell's Cathedral Guides)

by Canon Derek Ingram Hill

Chaucers Major Poetry

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Critiques of all Chaucer's poetry (except the Romaunt of the Rose, the fragmentary Anelida and Arcite, and a few of the short lyrics).

Saintly Murders: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Kathryn Swinbrooke

Saintly Murders: A Medieval Mystery Featuring Kathryn Swinbrooke

by C. L. Grace

In the late summer of 1472, medieval physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is summoned to investigate yet another puzzling situation in Canterbury.She is appointed by the Archbishop as Advocatus Diaboli-the Devil's Advocate-to argue against the beatification of Roger Atworth, a friar in the Order of the Sack and the confessor of Dame Cecily of York, King Edward's mother. Atworth has died under mysterious... (more)

The early Canterbury runsL.G.D. Acland