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Clothbound classics
No fear literature
Library of literature volume LL-27
Penguin classics volume L22
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No fear literature
Library of literature volume LL-27
Penguin classics volume L22
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English
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A retelling of the medieval poem about a group of travelers on a pilgrimage to Canterbury and the tales they tell each other. With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature. Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth...
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
"The Mabinogion is to Welsh mythology what the tales of Zeus, Hera, and Apollo are to Greek myth. these tales constitute a powerful work of the imagination, ranking with Tokien's Lord of the Rings novels and T.H. White's The Once and Future King. Evangeline Walton's compelling rendition of these classic, thrilling stories of magic, betrayal, lost love, and bitter retribution include the encounter between Prince Pwyll and Arawn, the God of Death, which...
10) Gods & giants
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Series
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A collection of popular legends includes those of Merlin, Robin Hood, and the sword in the stone.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Chaucer's celebrated work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims has assembled on their way to Canterbury. The innkeeper, suggests a contest, whoever tells the best tale, shall have a supper at our aller cost here in the place, sitting by this post when that we come again from Canterbury.
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