The Canterbury Tales
By Geoffrey Chaucer
Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
By Geoffrey Chaucer
Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean
Part of Puffin Classics
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$6.99
Aug 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780140380538 | Middle Grade (10 and up)
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Praise
“A delight . . . [Raffel’s translation] provides more opportunities to savor the counterpoint of Chaucer’s earthy humor against passages of piercingly beautiful lyric poetry.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Masterly . . . This new translation beckons us to make our own pilgrimage back to the very wellsprings of literature in our language.” —Billy Collins
“The Canterbury Tales has remained popular for seven centuries. It is the most approachable masterpiece of the medieval world, and Mr. Raffel’s translation makes the stories even more inviting.”—Wall Street Journal
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