The Canterbury Tales (film)

THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest Audio Books

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THE CANTERBURY TALES by Geoffrey Chaucer - FULL AudioBook | Part 1 of 2 | Greatest Audio Books - The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century, during the time of the Hundred Years' War. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return. After a long list of works written earlier in his career, including Troilus and Criseyde, House of Fame, and "Parliament of Fowls", The Canterbury Tales is near-unanimously seen as Chaucer's magnum opus. He uses the tales and the descriptions of its characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have read during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. It is sometimes argued that the greatest contribution The Canterbury Tales made to English literature was in popularising the literary use of vernacular, English, rather than French or Latin. English had, however, been used as a literary language centuries before Chaucer's time, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries—John Gower, William Langland, the Pearl Poet, and Julian of Norwich—also wrote major literary works in English. It is unclear to what extent Chaucer was responsible for starting a trend as opposed to simply being part of it. While Chaucer clearly states the addressees of many of his poems, the intended audience of The Canterbury Tales is more difficult to determine. Chaucer was a courtier, leading some to believe that he was mainly a court poet who wrote exclusively for nobility. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia. org - Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Canterbury_Tales&action;=history) ►For FREE SPECIAL AUDIOBOOK OFFERS & MORE: http://www.GreatestAudioBooks.com/ ►SUBSCRIBE to Greatest Audio Books: http://www.youtube.com/GreatestAudioBooks ►Become a FRIEND: http://www.Facebook.com/GreatestAudioBooks ►BUY T-SHIRTS & MORE: http://bit.ly/1akteBP ►Visit our WEBSITE: http://www.GreatestAudioBooks.com/ - READ along by clicking (CC) for Closed Caption Transcript! - LISTEN to the entire audiobook for free! Chapter listing and length: 01 -- Preface -- 00:06:21 Read by: Gesine 02 -- The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer -- 00:58:18 Read by: Chip 03 -- The General Prologue -- 00:39:00 Read by: Thomas Hoover 04a -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:06:20 Read by: Ted Delorme 04b -- The Knight's Tale -- 01:19:51 Read by: Ted Delorme 05 -- The Miller's Tale -- 00:54:42 Read by: Gord Mackenzie 06 -- The Reeve's Tale -- 00:23:26 Read by: Alex Foster 07 -- The Cook's Tale -- 00:07:51 Read by: Chip 08 -- The Man Of Law's Tale -- 01:19:51 Read by: Chip 09 -- The Wife of Bath's Tale -- 01:03:23 Read by: Kristin LeMoine 10 -- The Friar's Tale -- 00:22:53 Read by: Kara Shallenberg 11 -- The Sompnour's Tale -- 00:43:03 Read by: Chip 12 -- The Clerk's Tale -- 01:20:06 Read by: Chip FOR BOOKS 13-28 SEE PART 2: 13 -- The Merchant's Tale -- 01:21:25 Read by: Cynthia Lyons 14 -- The Squire's Tale -- 00:31:34 Read by: Joshua Young 15 -- The Franklin's Tale -- 00:43:41 Read by: Alex Foster 16 -- The Doctor's Tale -- 00:17:01 Read by: Fox in the Stars 17 -- The Pardoner's Tale -- 00:40:02 Read by: David Barnes 18 -- The Shipman's Tale -- 00:27:36 Read by: Gwen 19 -- The Prioress's Tale -- 00:15:06 Read by: Fox in the Stars 20 -- The Tale of Sir Thopas -- 00:10:12 Read by: Jim Mowatt 21 -- Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus -- 00:36:01 Read by: Kirsten Ferreri 22 -- The Monk's Tale -- 00:47:29 Read by: Andy Minter 23 -- The Nun's Priest's Tale -- 00:47:07 Read by: Graham Williams 24 -- The Second Nun's Tale -- 00:27:43 Read by: Alice 25 -- The Canons Yeoman's Tale -- 00:37:28 Read by: Joshua Young 26 -- The Manciple's Tale -- 00:17:04 Read by: Thomas Hoover 27 -- The Parson's Tale -- 00:54:57 Read by: Robert Foster 28 -- Preces de Chauceres -- 00:03:48 Read by: Gesine #audiobook #audiobooks #chaucer #canterburytales #greatestaudiobooks Total running time: 19:23:19 This video: Copyright 2013. Greatest Audio Books. All Rights Reserved. This is a Librivox recording. All Librivox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer visit librivox.org.