The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey CHAUCER read by Various Part 1/2 | Full Audio Book

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey CHAUCER (c. 1343 - 1400)
Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Read by: Gesine, Chip, Thomas Hoover, Ted Delorme, Gord Mackenzie, Alex Foster, Kristin LeMoine, Kara Shallenberg, Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011), Joshua Young, Fox in the Stars, David Barnes, Gwen, Jim Mowatt, Kirsten Ferreri, Andy Minter (1934-2017), Graham Williams, Alys AtteWater, Robert Foster in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Preface
00:06:22 - 02 - The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
01:04:48 - 03 - The General Prologue
01:43:54 - 04 - The Knight's Tale, Part 1
02:50:24 - 05 - The Knight's Tale, Part 2
04:10:26 - 06 - The Miller's Tale
05:05:15 - 07 - The Reeve's Tale
05:28:44 - 08 - The Cook's Tale
05:36:36 - 09 - The Men of Law's Tale
06:56:38 - 10 - The Wife of Bath's Tale
08:00:10 - 11 - The Friar's Tale
08:23:06 - 12 - The Sompnour's Tale
09:06:15 - 13 - The Clerk's Tale

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a group of pilgrims on their way from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.The themes of the tales vary, and include topics such as courtly love, treachery, and avarice. The genres also vary, and include romance, Breton lai, sermon, beast fable, and fabliau. The characters, introduced in the General Prologue of the book, tell tales of great cultural relevance.The version read here was edited by D. Laing Purves (1838-1873) 'for popular perusal' and the language is mostly updated.(Summary by Wikipedia/Gesine)

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