The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

Description: The Canterbury Tales The Canterbury Tales By Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims who compete in a story-telling contest for a prize of a free dinner as they journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas a Becket in Canterbury. The tales, which are told in both prose and poetry, are earthy, candid, comic and ironic, and often cast English society and the Anglican Church in a critical light. The structure of the work resembles The Decameron of Boccaccio, which Chaucer, a courtier and diplomat as well as an author, is likely to have read. The Canterbury Tales appeared at the end of the 14th Century and is considered the first important literary work written in Middle English, the language of the people, and became the base for the use of English in those great works that might otherwise have been written in Latin for the ever-dwindling audience who spoke, wrote and read that dying language. Chaucer produced a long list of notable works, but The Canterbury Tales stand as his magnum opus and that sealed his reputation as England’s first great poet. Play sample: Product Details Read by: Multiple readers Length: 18 hours and 52 minutes Type: Solo readings Media: MP3 CD Package: Paper sleeve Item No.: CD-1174 List Price: $5.99 Artwork: Disc contains 300 dpi image files for printing CD label art: Includes both square JPG and round PNG formats CD jewel case art: Includes cover, inner insert, and J-card DVD case art: Includes wrapper for Amaray box and inner insert Credits Production Book Coordinator: Gesine Meta Coordinator: Gesine Artwork Cover: The Prioress' Tale, 1865-98 by Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898) Inset: Engraving of Geoffrey Chaucer from Cassell's History of England - Century Edition - c. 1902 Insert; The Canterbury Pilgrims, 1808, by William Blake The Recordings About MP3 Audio This MP3 digital audiobook is duplicated on compact disc in the MP3 audio format and is designed to play on any computer. It will play on CD and DVD players that are designed with MP3 capability. The files contained in an MP3 CD can be imported and played on mobile devices such as the iPod, iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and smart phones and on PSP (Play Station Portable) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices. Your CD/DVD player or mobile device owner’s manual should specify whether the device has MP3 compatibility. If the device is not directly compatible with the MP3 Audio format, the files on the MP3 CD can be copied onto a computer drive and then played on the computer media player or transferred to a mobile device. The Recordings These recordings were made using the author’s original published work, which is in the public domain. The readings were recorded by members of Librivox.org, which has generously made the recordings available to the public domain. While Librivox condones the sale and distribution of these recordings, it is not associated with the management or operations of MP3 Audiobook Classics. The audio files have been lightly edited and have been engineered using professional audio tools for maximum sonic quality. We spend considerable time and effort to ensure the recordings are free of noise, equalized for maximum listener pleasure, and that tracks are leveled and normalized to provide a consistent listening experience. Table of Contents Track Section Reader Length 01 01 - Preface Gesine 5:33 02 02 - The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer Chip 57:59 03 03 - The General Prologue Thomas Hoover 38:29 04 04a - The Knight's Tale Ted Delorme 1:05:39 05 04b - The Knight's Tale Ted Delorme 1:19:09 06 05 - The Miller's Tale Ted Delorme 54:25 07 06 - The Reeve's Tale Ted Delorme 23:05 08 07 - The Cook's Tale Chip 7:08 09 08 - The Man Of Law's Tale Chip 1:19:09 10 09 - The Wife of Bath's Tale Kristin LeMoine 1:03:02 11 10 - The Friar's Tale Kara Shallenberg 22:16 12 11 - The Sompnour's Tale Chip 42:25 13 12 - The Clerk's Tale Chip 1:19:28 14 13 - The Merchant's Tale Founding Father 1:06:01 15 14 - The Squire's Tale Joshua Young 30:59 16 15 - The Franklin's Tale Alex Foster 43:09 17 16 - The Doctor's Tale Alex Foster 16:21 18 17 - The Pardoner's Tale David Barnes 39:22 19 18 - The Shipman's Tale Gwen 26:59 20 19 - The Prioress's Tale Alex Foster 14:28 21 20 - The Tale of Sir Thopas Jim Mowatt 10:00 22 21 - Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus Kirsten Ferreri 35:33 23 22 - The Monk's Tale Andy Minter 46:49 24 23 - The Nun's Priest's Tale Graham Williams 46:22 25 24 - The Second Nun's Tale Alys AtteWater 27:08 26 25 - The Canons Yeoman's Tale Joshua Young 36:50 27 26 - The Manciple's Tale Thomas Hoover 16:34 28 27 - The Parson's Tale Robert Foster 54:20 29 28 - Preces de Chauceres Gesine 3:00 Terms and Conditions Terms of Sale The buyer can pay using the Checkout button when the listing ends or wait to receive an automated email invoice shortly after the listing ends with totals and payment instructions. 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