Penguin classics august 2005 (7 résultats)

Paper Back. Etat : Used.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Acceptable. Support Small Business by buying this book! Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours. No marks in text. Spine is canted. Binding is loose. Light wear on cover. Some writing, highlighting, and underlining in text. Scuffing to cover due to sticker removal.…

Trade Paperback. Etat : USED Fair.

Trade Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Support Small Business by buying this book! No apparent marks in text. Binding is tight and square. Light shelf wear to cover. Some sticker residue and scuffing on spine due to residue removal. Overall Very Good condition.

Paper Back. Etat : New.

Paper Back. Etat : New.

Trade Paperback. Etat : New. Support Small Business by buying this book! (Original-spelling Middle English edition) (Penguin Classics) Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. New and unread! About the book: One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society. The tales are as various as the pilgrims themselves, encompassing comedy, pathos, tragedy, and cynicism. The Miller and the Reeve express their mutual antagonism in a pair of comic stories combining sex and trickery; in The Shipman's Tale, a wife sells her favors to a monk. Others draw on courtly romance and fantasy: the Knight tells of rivals competing for the love of the same woman, and the Squire describes a princess who can speak to birds. In these twenty-four tales, Chaucer displays a dazzling range of literary styles and conjures up a wonderfully vivid picture of medieval life. This is a freshly established Middle English text with standardized spelling and punctuation and on-page glossing. It Features an introduction by Jill Mann, a chronology of Chaucer's life and works, detailed explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, a full glossary, and a bibliography. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. …