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adorará Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se gostará deste livro. I first read this book in the 11th grade in Ms. Robert's English class. I think this was one of the first books where I really began to take an interest in the classics, which was unwittingly encouraged by Ms. Robert's excellent teaching of the class (for example, the day we read The Knight's Tale, we were told to pronounce "knight" as "kuh-nig-ut"). It is an interesting glimpse into mediaeval times, which, as it turns out, weren't so different from a human perspective than the present.One of the books I took with me and read while deployed to Iraq. (  ) kislam | Nov 28, 2009 |  The concept was great. Mr. Chaucer was great and a perfectionist, and that's why he wasn't able to finish his vision. He did a wonderful job with what he accomplished. (  ) Anagarika | Oct 30, 2009 | I am sure I read somewhere that this major work was left incomplete. But I forgot it until I read the introduction. Heavily incomplete is a little more like it. Chaucer’s work is the kind of incomplete that makes a proper analysis of the text damn near impossible. The story that would develop between the tales drops of rather quick. I guess I am the type that really would like to know who indeed one that dinner. It can only really be judged then by the individual stories that appear in it. (As a note, it cannot be judged on its style [by me] because I read it in translation) As far as that goes? I did not have to much of an opinion one way or the other. I enjoyed many of them, and didn’t enjoy others. (  ) M.Campanella | Sep 17, 2009 | I would've found it easier to read had I not learnt any grammar!! :D ~Kidding~ Jokes apart, I find his humor and his intended pun much more enhanced by the language structure. What remains stark in my memory are the characters; the Frair and the Wife of Bath :D, they both are so opposite in their stature in society yet Chaucer managed to wheedle in a common meeting ground so easily. Also the grandiose verbosity in the prologue actually made me sit up and go.. what was that!? MistressOfTaboo | Aug 27, 2009 | Having not read The Canterbury Tales since high school, I really have no basis of comparison to say how this translation stands up to prior editions, but I can say that it was a very accessible book. I won't go into the details of the story, as I would be just rehashing everything that has been said before, but I did find the book enjoyable. It still takes awhile to get into the flow of the text, but once there, the reading was quite easy. (  ) tapestry100 | Aug 23, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com (ISBN 0140440224, Paperback)On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary genres. Five hundred years later, people are still reading Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. If you haven't yet made the acquaintance of the Franklin, the Pardoner, or the Squire because you never learned Middle English, take heart: this edition of the Tales has been translated into modern idiom.From the heroic romance of "The Knight's Tale" to the low farce embodied in the stories of the Miller, the Reeve, and the Merchant, Chaucer treated such universal subjects as love, sex, and death in poetry that is simultaneously witty, insightful, and poignant. The Canterbury Tales is a grand tour of 14th-century English mores and morals--one that modern-day readers will enjoy. (retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) A primeira ronda de testes foi já encerrada. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais informação. |
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