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Presents a recording of Chaucer's work, which 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, "Shall have a supper at our aller cost/ When that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Corporate Authors: Blackstone Audiobooks, Corinthian (Firm)
Other Authors: Williams, Fred
Format: CD Audio Book
Language:English
Published: Ashland, OR : Blackstone Audiobooks, [2002]
Subjects:
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages > England > Canterbury > Poetry.
Canterbury (England) > Poetry.
Storytelling > Poetry.
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500.
Tales, Medieval.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Presents a recording of Chaucer's work, which 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, "Shall have a supper at our aller cost/ When that we come again from Canterbury."
Item Description:Narrator states he is reading from a book of 428 pages, but name of translator is not given.
"Corinthian"--Container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
"335"--Container.
Sound recording.
Physical Description:16 sound discs (approximately 19 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:0786194979