by Geoffrey Chaucer, Geraldine McCaughrean · Ediciones Vicens Vives, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788431653347
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«Cuentos de Canterbury» is the adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval tales by Geraldine McCaughrean, in Vicens Vives paperback (208 pages).
A group of pilgrims from different social classes crosses 14th-century England towards Canterbury and, to liven up the journey, each one tells two tales. Geraldine McCaughrean's adaptation preserves the mix of registers of the original work, from the comic to the serious, and is accompanied by illustrations by Victor G. Ambrus.
Number 3 in the Adapted Classics collection, in Spanish. The edition includes an introduction, notes and activities.
Aimed at secondary school students and young readers approaching the classics; suggested reading age from 14.
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.
