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The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling
Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on The Canterbury Tales (considered by many to be the greatest poem in the English language), and presents the work in an ordinary language that makes it accessible to readers while still preserves the spirit of the classic original text.
This contemporary prose translation emphasizes the humanity of its characters, as well as explicitly renders the naughty good humor of Geoffrey Chaucer (a writer whose comedy influenced both Fielding and Dickens) while still masterfully evoking the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's veritable verse.