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Language
English
Description
At the Tabard Inn, thrity travelers of widely varying classes and occupations are gathering to make the annual pilgrimage to Becket's shrine at Canterbury. It is agreed that each traveler will tell four tales to help pass the time, and that the host of the inn will judge the tales and reward the best storyteller with a free supper upon their return.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Several of the popular stories are retold with handsome illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Beautiful edition of selected stories including: The Pardoner's Tale and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In 1386, Chaucer recorded, or created, the stories spun by 30 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury. Cohen and Hyman have responded to Chaucer's masterpiece with lively prose and unforgettable pictures that evoke the colorful world of 14th-century England....
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