The Knyghtes Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
The Knyghtes Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Knyghte’s Tale

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Narrator: Richard Bebb

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 08/01/2006

Synopsis

The Knight’s Tale of medieval wars and chivalry is the first tale told to the pilgrims as they set out to Canterbury. It concerns Theseus, returning from fighting at Thebes, two brother knights Palamon and Arcite, imprisoned but yearning for their loves. But the real hero of this recording is Richard Bebb who, with the help of Professor Derek Brewer, the leading expert on Chaucerian pronunciation, makes the original Middle English not only comprehensible to the modern ear, but exciting.

About Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400), English poet, was the son of a London vintner. He was married and held a number of positions at court and in the king’s service, including diplomat, controller of customs in the port of London, and deputy forester in the King’s Forest in Somerset. He was buried in the Poets’ Corner of Westminster Abbey where a monument was erected to him in 1555.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vaishali

Warning: if you're reading Canterbury Tales to ingest all things medieval, skip this one : it's Greek! I skimmed the SparkNotes because Coghill's translation is too tedious and melodramatic. Since this is Chaucer's first and longest Tale - he never completed the entire tome - perhaps too much time w......more

Goodreads review by Sam

I was going to read the translated edition of this but my english teacher said the original wouldn't be too much trouble and gave a copy of the prologue. It was nicely written and all but it's really just a list of characters with their descriptions, so when I finished it I decided to move onto the......more

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