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Book Review of A Taste of Chaucer (selections from The Canterbury Tales)

A Taste of Chaucer (selections from The Canterbury Tales)
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A selection of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales revised to be more understandable to the modern reader (and removing the most bawdy bits). Each passage includes and introductory preface to explain archaic terms and meanings.

From the back cover:
Anne Malcolmson has preserved Geoffrey Chaucer's cadence and wording whenever possible while making his 14th century English text come to life for a modern audience. If you want your child to read the original, give this book as the introduction!