Canterbury tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer ; selected, translated, and adapted by Barbara Cohen ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.
Contributors: Hyman, Trina Schart, ill.; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; enm
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 -- Adaptations; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- England -- Canterbury -- Juvenile fiction; Tales, Medieval -- Adaptations; Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction; Children's stories, English; Middle Ages -- Fiction; Short stories
Description: Several of the popular stories are retold with handsome illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. Beautiful edition of selected stories including: The Pardoner's Tale and The Wife of Bath's Tale. In 1386, Chaucer recorded, or created, the stories spun by 30 pilgrims traveling from London to Canterbury. Cohen and Hyman have responded to Chaucer's masterpiece with lively prose and unforgettable pictures that evoke the colorful world of 14th-century England. Full color.
Table of contents: title: The nun's priest's tale; title: The pardoner's tale; title: The wife of Bath's tale; title: The franklin's tale.