Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Cloth))

Rating:
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.

Rating:
Summary: Stories are good, but syntax is lacking
Review: While the 'Tales' in this volume are no less amusing and relevant, I would have preferred for it to have been read in Middle English, maintaining the original flow and meter (which is not that hard to understand after hearing it for a while).

Rating:
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.