i like it
it was very nice and in good shape, it was old but i expected that. it was also a very good price. i enjoyed it.
Read by Martin Jarvis and a full cast
At the Tabard Inn, thirty travelers from a diversity of classes and occupations are planning to make the annual pilgrimage to Becket's shrine at Canterbury. It is agreed that each traveler will tell four tales to help pass the time, and the host of the inn will reward the best storyteller with a free supper when they return. The Canterbury Tales is a sometimes bawdy, sometimes spiritual classic, skillfully translated into modern English and presented in an unabridged audiobook format. Read by Martin Jarvis and a full cast, The Canterbury Tales reveals the trials and travails of daily life in late fourteenth-century England through stories, conversations, jokes and arguments between travelers. Truly the most memorable way to experience this literary classic, The Canterbury Tales is especially recommended for public library collections. 17 CDs, 21 hours, tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking.
An excellent audio edition
This is a very enjoyable reading of The Canterbury Tales, rendered into modern English verse. The tales are read by many voices, including those of Martin Jarvis, Jay Carnes, Ray Porter, John Lee, Malcolm Hillgartner, Ralph Cosham, Simon Vance. Appropriate accents are used by the readers.
The price is right and the quality is excellent. The text is complete, except for a curious omission of the Guildsmen in the Prologue.
The text of this audio book was originally published as Canterbury Tales: Rendered into Modern English by J.U. Nicolson, published by Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., New York (1934). The complete Nicolson rendering is available as a Dover Giant Thrift Edition; the prologue and selected tales are available as a Dover Thrift Edition.
The update into Modern English is acceptable, and is a good choice for someone who has no mastery of Middle English, or would merely prefer to listen to a modern English reading. While Coghill does a better job of updating the text than Nicolson, this is a scholar's quibble - either edition is just fine.
The only problem with this audio book is the lack of a listing of the contents by disk and track. Below is such a listing, cross-referenced to text fragment. Pls excuse the editing imposed by the text entry window.
GROUP A
Disk 01: Track 01......The Prologue : At the Tabard Inn
Disk 01: Track 02......The Prologue : The Knight; The Squire; The Yeoman
Disk 01: Track 03......The Prologue : The Prioress; her Chaplain; three Priests
Disk 01: Track 04......The Prologue : The Monk
Disk 01: Track 05......The Prologue : The Friar
Disk 01: Track 06......The Prologue : The Merchant; The Clerk of Oxford; The Lawyer
Disk 01: Track 07......The Prologue : The Franklin; The Cook; The Sailor [The Guildsmen are not included]
Disk 01: Track 08......The Prologue : The Physician; The Wife of Bath
Disk 01: Track 09......The Prologue : The Parson; The Plowman
Disk 01: Track 10......The Prologue : The Miller; The Manciple
Disk 01: Track 11......The Prologue : The Reeve
Disk 01: Track 12......The Prologue : The Summoner
Disk 01: Track 13......The Prologue : The Pardoner
Disk 01: Track 14......The Prologue : That evening; The Host
Disk 01: Track 15......The Prologue : The wager; The journey begins
Disk 01: Track 16-23...The Knight's Tale
Disk 02: Track 01-21...The Knight's Tale (continued)
Disk 03: Track 01-06...The Knight's Tale (continued)
Disk 03: Track 07-17...The Miller's Prologue; The Miller's Tale
Disk 04: Track 01-07...The Reeve's Prologue; The Reeve's Tale
Disk 04: Track 08-09...The Cook's Prologue; The Cook's Tale
GROUP B
Disk 04: Track 10-11...Introduction to the Lawyer's Prologue
Disk 04: Track 12-22...The Lawyer's Prologue; The Lawyer's Tale
Disk 05: Track 01-04...The Lawyer's Tale (continued)
Disk 05: Track 05-11...The Sailor's Prologue; The Sailor's Tale
Disk 05: Track 12......Words of the Host to the Sailor and the Prioress; The Prioress's Prologue
Disk 05: Track 13-16...The Prioress's Tale
Disk 05: Track 17-19...Prologue to Sir Thopas; Sir Thopas
Disk 05: Track 20......Prologue to Melibeus
Disk 06: Track 01-21...The Tale of Melibeus
Disk 07: Track 01-11...The Tale of Melibeus (continued)
Disk 07: Track 12-21...The Monk's Prologue; The Monk's Tale : Lucifer; Adam; Samson; Hercules; Nebuchadnezzar; Belshazzar; Zenobia; Pedro, King of Spain; Peter, King of Cyprus; Bernabo of Lombardy; Ugolino, Count of Pisa; Nero
Disk 08: Track 01-04...The Monk's Tale (continued) : Antiochus Epiphanes; Alexander; Julius Caesar; Croesus; The Prologue to the Nun's Priest's Tale
Disk 08: Track 05-13...The Nun's Priest's Tale
Disk 08: Track 14......The Nun's Priest's Tale (continued); The Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale
GROUP C
Disk 08: Track 15-19...The Physician's Tale
Disk 08: Track 20......The Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner
Disk 08: Track 21-22...The Prologue of the Pardoner's Tale
Disk 09: Track 01-08...The Pardoner's Tale
GROUP D
Disk 09: Track 09-21...The Wife of Bath's Prologue; Behold the Words Between the Summoner and the Friar
Disk 10: Track 01-07...The Wife of Bath's Tale
Disk 10: Track 08-13...The Friar's Prologue; The Friar's Tale
Disk 10: Track 14-21...The Summoner's Prologue; The Summoner's Tale
Disk 11: Track 01-03...The Summoner's Tale (continued)
GROUP E
Disk 11: Track 04-19...The Clerk's Prologue; The Clerk's Tale
Disk 11: Track 20......Envoy of Chaucer
Disk 11: Track 21......The Merchant's Prologue
Disk 12: Track 01-18...The Merchant's Tale
GROUP F
Disk 12: Track 19-22...The Squire's Prologue; The Squire's Tale
Disk 13: Track 01-05...The Squire's Tale (continued)
Disk 13: Track 06-18...Words of the Franklin; The Franklin's Prologue; The Franklin's Tale
GROUP G
Disk 13: Track 19-20...The Second Nun's Prologue
Disk 14: Track 01-07...The Second Nun's Tale
Disk 14: Track 08-20...The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue; The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
GROUP H
Disk 15: Track 01-06...The Manciple's Prologue; The Manciple's Tale
GROUP I
Disk 15: Track 07-22...The Parson's Prologue; The Parson's Tale
Disk 16: Track 01-22...The Parson's Tale (continued)
Disk 17: Track 01-20...The Parson's Tale (continued)
Disk 17: Track 21......Wherein Chaucer Takes Leave of His Book
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