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Summary: It is the only book I have read that relates to real life.
Review: These tales were written so long ago and still relate to the level of morality of todays society. It is by far an extrodinary creation and should be taught internationally.
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Summary: This audiotape version is not in middle english.
Review: For those seeking an audiotape of The Canterbury Tales in middle english and not modern english-- keep looking. This is not what you seek.
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Summary: Sex, murder, and religion. What else do you need?
Review: Chaucer has written a novel that will last throughout all time because it captivates everything that a reader wants. It has tales of humor, murder, hypocrisy, love, and religion. There is something for everybody and one of the greatest of novels of all time! Everyone should read this book! It's even in an ancient dialect of English that sounds cool
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Summary: Aaarrrggghhh
Review: Why did I think this rendition of The Cantebury Tales was translated into modern English? It is the second of three items purchased from Amazon, and a second disappointment. Perhaps I should not shop online. Regardless, it is a classic and, I suspect, not read by nearly as many who would enjoy it.
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Summary: easy to fallow!
Review: I remember reading this book my soph. yer in high school and sruggling a lot with the translation. But with this addition it is so much easier to fallow. His stories represent one of the motliest crews in English literature: the Wife of Bath who has put away five husbands and is looking for a sixth; the pardoner, the reeve, the clerk, and the knight. THe Millers tale is absolutely histerical and will crack you up. Hope you enkoy reading this book as much as i did.
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Summary: He writes with ink and parchment...
Review: I bought this book after reading the Pardoner's tale in my High School English class. It's wonderful, and the translation is great, not to mention that Chaucer is one of the best writers of all time. I think that I may slightly prefer Shakespeare, but not by much.. and many of the tales have things in them that I didn't think people even would dare talk about hundreds of years ago.. that was really cool. I will definitely read this book again, when I'm in the mood for it. ^_^
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Summary: Tedious reading
Review: When I read this, back in high school, my English teacher pumped it up so much beforehand, I was expecting a hilarious, rollicking fun read.
Boy was I disappointed. We read the maybe slightly updated version from the 'olde english' and the main part of the struggle was figuring what the hell was going on. Then, when you finally figured it out, it was something maybe KIND OF funny, in a satirical yet also juvenile way. It basically takes you an hour to decode that once again, some miller is cheating on his wife, with, oh, say a goat.
If you want a 'difficult read,' I would say read existentialism. The payoff at the end of the road, which is usually some "biting" social commentary like 'anti-semitism is bad' isn't worth the pain of ploughing through all the weird spellings and antique words.
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Summary: Classic Chaucer!!
Review: Having tried to wade through a "non-modern english" version of The Canterbury Tales, I appreciate this book. It brings out Chaucer's playful language in a way that's more entertaining, because it's easier to understand. Re-reading some of the stories in this book, I was surprised by beautiful statements, amusing turns of phrase, and the sheer bawdiness of his writing.However, I gave this book three stars first becuase I don't put Chaucer on a level with Spenser or Malory, and second because this is a standard Penguin book, which means it's more stripped down than I like. I prefer footnotes to explain references that I might not be able to take in context. In something as heavily alligorical as Chaucer's work, I believe this is very important.
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