The Pardoners Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
The Pardoners Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer
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The Pardoners Tale

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Narrator: Richard Bebb

Unabridged: 2 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 01/29/2007

Synopsis

These three tales from The Canterbury Tales are read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain’s foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer. This was Bebb’s last recording – he died shortly after finishing it – but though ill at the time, his strong professional ethic ensured that it lacks none of the brightness and accuracy that he brought to his two other Chaucer recordings on Naxos AudioBooks: The General Prologue and The Knyghtes Tale.

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

Wow... truly surprising. The story is three-fold: The pardoner, a man of the cloth, reveals to the entourage how immoral he is... despite being society's moral standard. Next, he gives a brilliant, passionate sermon on human vices, then ends with a startling tale to illustrate his points. I'm sincere......more

Goodreads review by Steph

‘The Canterbury Tales’ has survived for some 650 years and with good reason. Originally conceived as a vast project whereby a group of disparate individuals from all walks of life undertake a pilgrimage to Canterbury and decide to establish a competition on route to alleviate the boredom (itself a h......more

Goodreads review by Alannah

This was the tale I had studied at A-level and my first taste of Chaucer. I hated this character, he was as corrupt as others in his profession. But yet he is seen to be boasting of his corruption. I remember when I was studying this, I mainly found the context interesting which was the corruption o......more

Goodreads review by cait ☆

ATE THIS UP RAWR......more

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