At the Tabard Inn in Southwark, a jovial group of pilgrims assembles, including an unscrupulous Pardoner, a noble-minded Knight, a ribald Miller, the lusty Wife of Bath, and Chaucer himself. As they set out on their journey towards the shrine of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, each character agrees to tell a tale. The twenty-four tales that follow are by turns learned, fantastic, pious, melancholy and lewd, and together offer an unrivalled glimpse into the mind and spirit of medieval England.
| ISBN: | 9780140422344 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 2005 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Chaucer, Jill Mann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1254 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Classic and pre-20th century poetry |