General Prologue & The Physician’s Tale

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Geoffrey Chaucer

The General Prologue & The Physician’s Tale

in Middle English and modern verse translations

Read by Richard Bebb, Philip Madoc & Stephen Tompkinson

unabridged

The Canterbury Tales are widely read and studied. The Middle English in which they were first written differs sufficiently from modern English, in vocabulary and usage, that most of us require a contemporary translation. On this recording the ‘General Prologue’ and ‘The Physician’s Tale’ are read in Middle English by Richard Bebb, under the direction of a leading Chaucerian scholar, Professor Derek Brewer. It is an authoritative performance that brilliantly evokes the fourteenth-century world, both for the general reader and the student alike. This is followed by a witty modern verse translation, and provides a fascinating contrast with the original.

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    Running Time: 2 h 18 m

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    ISBN:978-962-634-400-2
    Digital ISBN:978-962-954-649-6
    Cat. no.:NA240012
    Download size:34 MB
    Translated by:Frank Ernest Hill
    BISAC:POE022000
    Released:December 2005
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