Canterbury Tales by Chaucer

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good. 1966. John Murray. Illustrated.

Chaucer for present-day readers prepared by Captain H.L. Hitchins. Illustrated by Laurie Tayler and with a preface by John Betjeman

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. When it is remembered that Chaucer wrote in English at a time when Latin was the standard literary language across western Europe, the magnitude of his achievement is even more remarkable. But Chaucer's genius needs no historical introduction; it bursts forth from every page of The Canterbury Tales.

Ex-Libris with bookplate of previous owner on first endpage. Else clean well-bound interior with beautiful illustrations and in excellent condition.