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The Canterbury Tales : A Retelling by Ackroyd, Peter is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<b>A fresh, modern prose retelling captures the vigorous and bawdy spirit of Chaucer's classic</b><br><br> Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original.<br><br> A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer's <i>Canterbury Tales</i> concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on
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- Author
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Publisher
- Viking Adult
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780670021222
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry
- Rating
- 3.49 / 5 (1,736 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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