The Canterbury Tales - Volume I - Geoffrey Chaucer - Audio Book

The Canterbury Tales - Volume I - Geoffrey Chaucer :

The Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Miller's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
The Merchant's Tale
The Franklin's Tale

Chaucer's greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society and values.

Chaucer imagines a group of twenty-nine pilgrims who meet in the Tabard Inn in Southwark, intent on making the traditional journey to the martyr's shrine of St Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. Harry Bailly landlord of the Tabard, proposes that the company should entertain themselves on the road with a story telling competition. The teller of the best tale will be rewarded with a supper at the others' expense when the travellers return to London.

The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of The Knight's Tale to the joyous bawdy of The Miller's. All those stories are told with a freshness and vigour in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear.