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title: "The Canterbury Tales (The Penguin Classics)"
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# The Canterbury Tales (The Penguin Classics)

**Brand:** geoffrey chaucernevill coghill
**Price:** Bs.243
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- **What is this?** The Canterbury Tales (The Penguin Classics) by geoffrey chaucernevill coghill
- **How much does it cost?** Bs.243 with free shipping
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Geoffrey ChaucerThe Canterbury Tales

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Satire at its historic best
*by K***R on January 27, 2025*

The fact that this edition has the original and modern English makes the reading so enjoyable.You are able to appreciate the different characters with their flaws and strengths.They are not unlike the people of today.I find it much more enjoyable to read than when I had to study it many years ago.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ It’s a great classic
*by M***N on May 19, 2025*

I’m a highschool English teacher and I purchased this book for my students. It’s one of my favorite books when I was in highschool and wanted the student to be able to experience the book. If you haven’t read Canterbury Tales it’s a must read and keep in your collection.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beware!  The Penguin cloth bound version is nice, but not the original language of Chaucer!
*by C***R on July 22, 2020*

I have purchased several of these well-constructed little Penguin editions. For Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES I was expecting, perhaps, a bilingual version on opposing pages or an interlinear transliteration of the Middle English original, but these were not to be. Instead, this version contains a very readable "modern English" verse rendition by Nevill Coghill, the first printing of which occurred in 1951. It is certainly not the language of Chaucer, but Coghill does an admiral job of maintaining the humor and spirit of the tales. He is an able rhymer and reminds that there is merit (and considerable effort, apparently) in compiling a version that is accessible enough to unfamiliar readers to be easily followed and understood, but still lyrical enough to signal that they are experiencing something special in the history of English Letters -- the unique underlying forms and style that make Chaucer "the father of English poetry." For readers who wish to graduate to the actual Middle English text, that version is available in a relatively inexpensive Penguin Classics paperback edition that the publisher identifies as the original [Middle English] language of Chaucer. Readers are advised to choose carefully when ordering, lest they receive an inappropriate version for their needs!

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- The Canterbury Tales
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