The Canterbury tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer ; a verse translation with an introduction and notes by David Wright.
Contributors: Wright, David, 1920-
Series: The World's classics; Oxford paperbacks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Oxford [Oxfordshire]; New York
Language: eng; ukr
Number of pages: 482
Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- England -- Canterbury -- Poetry.
Description: Chaucer's work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims have assembled on their way to Canterbury. Harry Bailly, the innkeeper, suggests a contest: whoever tells the best tale will win a supper when they reach Canterbury.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [xxiii]-xxv.