The Canterbury Tales

Pros: A literary classic; Many hilarious jokes; Diversity of Characters

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: I strongly recommend the Canterbury Tales to anyone who wishes to read literature from Middle European History, or even just looking to read a good book.

Review: Before I start my review, I would like to say a few words. First, allow me to apologize for my nonexistant ratings and not writing as much as I used to. Eleventh grade just started in the beginning of September, and so far, it has taken me on a...

Pros: Uhh...everything. This is some of the funniest stuff you will ever read.

Cons: The slang might cause you to miss some jokes. Read the tales very carefully, you won't be sorry.

Review: I can't speak for everyone here, if I could I'd be in the circus, but the first time I heard the words "Canterbury Tales" I just knew I was going to hate it. Poetry? Come on teach, can't you just poke my eyes out with a stick or something?...

Pros: Chaucer really brings the Middle Ages to life in a way that we can understand today.

Cons: The older English can sometimes be harder to understand.

Review: This is a fictional account of thirty pilgrims on a sacred trip to Canterbury Cathedral. Despite the fact that this is a fictional account, I believe that Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is an awesome representation of Medieval social structure...

Pros: clever, all-encompassing

Cons: need knowledge of many external historical, religious sources to fully comprehend references made

Review: I did an entire class on The Canterbury Tales one semester in college. I had read some tales before that in high school, but had not really delved deeply into any of them except "The Wyf of Bathe's Prologue and Tale".

I liked Chaucer...

Pros: The only book that can tell you about an entire time period...pure marvellous

Cons: It had to be translated...so it lost some of Chaucer's original meaning

The Bottom Line: I loved it, you will love it...no questions asked. It is witty, true, and amazing that someone can get away with saying all these things.

Review: I read this beautiful poem a couple months ago in my literature class. It have never liked poems, but this one really hit the spot. I can state boldly that anyone who is going to read about something regarding british literature, will love this poem...

Pros: narration, use of morals and consequence

Cons: more illustrations

Review: When I was assigned this book to read for my World Literature class, I was somewhat afraid. This was not only because I figured I wouldn't understand the language but also because it seemed extremely boring.However, once I bought the book and read it,...

Pros: great characterizations

Cons: get modern english version

Review: Geoffrey Chaucer was brilliant. You have to understand the history behind his stories. This particular book was written about pilgrims who went to worship at the Canterbury Cathedral following the martyrdom of Thomas Beckett. It almost seems like a...

Pros: Everyone in story is honest and worthy of english literature

Cons: Tales were never finished

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