<DIV><p>One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, <B>The Canterbury Tales</B> depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society.</p> <p>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.</p> <ul> <li> <div>Freshly established Middle English text with standardized spelling and punctuation and on-page glossing</div> </li> <li> <div>Features an introduction, a chronology of Chaucer's life and works, detailed explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, a full glossary, and a bibliography</div> </li> <li> <div>Companion to the Penguin Classics original-spelling edition of <B>Troilus and Criseyde</B></div> </li> </ul> <p><br> <b>@AprilFools </b> Oh and the Wyfe of Bathe. Talk about a woman who likes to be perced to the roote. <br><br> <b>From </b> </div>