Publisher's Synopsis
The Canterbury Tales recounts the stories told by pilgrims to one another as they make their way from London to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. This volume contains the introduction to those tales by describing the characters who will be travelling companions on that journey. This special edition has been designed to meet the particular needs of school and college students. Here, each odd-numbered page contains Chaucer's original Middle English text printed in a large font. Alongside, there is plenty of room in the wide outer margin for students to add their own brief notes and to define unfamiliar words. Immediately opposite, there are blank ruled pages for students to construct their own translation into modern English or to make more detailed notes. Finally, an exemplar translation into modern English is also provided at the end of this volume. However, since this translation is intended to provide a helpful literal interpretation of the text's meaning, it purposefully adheres closely to Chaucer's own words. In doing so, it may occasionally contain rather more descriptive explanations than can be found in some translations. This special edition contains the complete and unabridged text (with line numbers), a personal study or translation notebook and a full translation into modern English. Accordingly, it offers excellent value for money as a complete resource for studying one of the greatest treasures of English literature.
