by Geoffrey Chaucer · Longman Italia · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582421141
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«Canterbury Tales» is the graded reader by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by Longman Italia in paperback (55 pages, in English).
A group of pilgrims travels for five days from London to Canterbury and, to entertain themselves, agrees to tell stories. The tales, written by Chaucer in the mid-fourteenth century, are sometimes funny and sometimes sad, and reveal that human nature has barely changed. It is one of the most celebrated works of English literature.
This edition belongs to the Penguin Readers series, level 3 (pre-intermediate).
Intended for students of English as a second language and for use in educational contexts.
Geoffrey Chaucer was an English poet, writer and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the 'father of English literature', or alternatively, the 'father of English poetry'. He was the first writer to be buried in what has since become Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.
