Track | Section | Reader | Length |
01 | 01 - Preface | Gesine | 5:33 |
02 | 02 - The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer | Chip | 57:59 |
03 | 03 - The General Prologue | Thomas Hoover | 38:29 |
04 | 04a - The Knight's Tale | Ted Delorme | 1:05:39 |
05 | 04b - The Knight's Tale | Ted Delorme | 1:19:09 |
06 | 05 - The Miller's Tale | Ted Delorme | 54:25 |
07 | 06 - The Reeve's Tale | Ted Delorme | 23:05 |
08 | 07 - The Cook's Tale | Chip | 7:08 |
09 | 08 - The Man Of Law's Tale | Chip | 1:19:09 |
10 | 09 - The Wife of Bath's Tale | Kristin LeMoine | 1:03:02 |
11 | 10 - The Friar's Tale | Kara Shallenberg | 22:16 |
12 | 11 - The Sompnour's Tale | Chip | 42:25 |
13 | 12 - The Clerk's Tale | Chip | 1:19:28 |
14 | 13 - The Merchant's Tale | Founding Father | 1:06:01 |
15 | 14 - The Squire's Tale | Joshua Young | 30:59 |
16 | 15 - The Franklin's Tale | Alex Foster | 43:09 |
17 | 16 - The Doctor's Tale | Alex Foster | 16:21 |
18 | 17 - The Pardoner's Tale | David Barnes | 39:22 |
19 | 18 - The Shipman's Tale | Gwen | 26:59 |
20 | 19 - The Prioress's Tale | Alex Foster | 14:28 |
21 | 20 - The Tale of Sir Thopas | Jim Mowatt | 10:00 |
22 | 21 - Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus | Kirsten Ferreri | 35:33 |
23 | 22 - The Monk's Tale | Andy Minter | 46:49 |
24 | 23 - The Nun's Priest's Tale | Graham Williams | 46:22 |
25 | 24 - The Second Nun's Tale | Alys AtteWater | 27:08 |
26 | 25 - The Canons Yeoman's Tale | Joshua Young | 36:50 |
27 | 26 - The Manciple's Tale | Thomas Hoover | 16:34 |
28 | 27 - The Parson's Tale | Robert Foster | 54:20 |
29 | 28 - Preces de Chauceres | Gesine | 3:00 |
Notes
Running Time: 18 hours and 52 minutes
Read by: Multiple readers
Book Coordinator: Gesine
Meta Coordinator: Gesine
Artwork
Cover: The Prioress' Tale, 1865-98 by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898).
Inset: Engraving of Geoffrey Chaucer from Cassell's History of England - Century Edition - c. 1902.
Insert; The Canterbury Pilgrims, 1808, by William Blake.
Recordings
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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims who compete in a story-telling contest for a prize of a free dinner as they journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. The tales, which are told in both prose and poetry, are earthy, candid, comic and ironic, and often cast English society and the Anglican Church in a critical light. The structure of the work resembles The Decameron of Boccaccio, which Chaucer, a courtier and diplomat as well as an author, is likely to have read. The Canterbury Tales appeared at the end of the 14th Century and is considered the first important literary work written in Middle English, the language of the people, and became the base for the use of English in those great works that might otherwise have been written in Latin for the ever-dwindling audience who spoke, wrote and read that dying language. Chaucer produced a long list of notable works, but The Canterbury Tales stand as his magnum opus and that sealed his reputation as England’s first great poet.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0683422135132 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0687700170815 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Case |
Author | Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) |
Year | c. 1400 |
Recording | |
Read by | Multiple readers |
Length | 18 hours and 52 minutes |
Type of Reading | Solo |
The Canterbury Tales
- Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
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