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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling by Nick Bantock, Geoffrey Chaucer, Peter Ackroyd
5.0
I love the Canterbury Tales, but that Middle English is, for me, a huge downer. My early Brit Lit prof in college made it seem like Middle English was just like modern English, just a little bit different in the spelling. Bull! It may as well have been Swahili for me.
Peter Ackroyd knows his stuff, and does great justice to the tales in his prose retelling. Bawdy and hilarious at times, melodramatic and spiritual at others. The original should obviously still be read and treasured, but this book makes the spirit of Chaucer's intent much more accessible to the lay person.
Peter Ackroyd knows his stuff, and does great justice to the tales in his prose retelling. Bawdy and hilarious at times, melodramatic and spiritual at others. The original should obviously still be read and treasured, but this book makes the spirit of Chaucer's intent much more accessible to the lay person.