The Canterbury Tales
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The Canterbury Tales
Reg Cartwright
After a very useful introduction to the setting of the tales and to Chaucer himself, seven stories are told quite accessibly, economically and straightforwardly. The individual tellers (Knight, Miller, Reeve, Pardoner, Wife, Franklin, Nun's Priest) are briefly characterised but their voices don't seem to come through in the retellings, which for me was a pity. The illustrations and decorations do good service to the text, even the slightly cheeky bits, which writer and artist have handled very dexterously. Well worth a library copy.