"The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer

[cdurantc]

The imagination and various genres and characters represented in "The Canterbury Tales" makes this a great read for all ages. Chaucer takes his readers on a great journey through his character development and stories. His attention to detail is spectacular and makes it easy to envision the time and place.

[njzeba]

I'm sorry but I honestly hated this book. It's really misogynistic. I don't remember much of it because I read it such a long time ago but that's my opinion on it. Wish I could elaborate more.

[HalcyonFlower]

DEFINITELY misogynistic but that's too be expected of the medieval times. I decided to enjoy it for what it was but that was me reading this years ago. I recently bought a collection with lovely artwork from Chapters. I'm hoping I'll have time to hunker down and give it a re-read.

[MrsCatInTheHat]

I read this for the first time when my oldest was in high school and I'd been asked to lead a literature group of high school kids. The book of choice by the kids was "The Canterbury Tales". I thought "why not, it's a classic"..... some parts were so embarrassing to discuss with youth that I did not know well. It was a co-ed group as well so there was quite a bit of giggling in parts.

[Christina O Phillips]

I took a medieval lit class as an undergrad and we read some of this book. We also had to memorize the prologue, which I can surprisingly still recite.
I like the tales and found them amusing, but agree with CatInTheHat that they can be a bit sexual.

[godreaujea]

I had to read a few stories in college and found them so entertaining. Our professor forced us to read it out loud in Old English too, which definitely added some substance to the stories. So interesting!

[Ceciltrixiedom]

We tackled this poem back high school days.Yeah we also memorized the prologue! But as far as I can remember, it is about telling tales by participants who joined a sort of pilgrimage to Canterbury. A bit boring but since we were obliged to listen and discuss ,we had no choice.

[Reuben 92]

I have read a few of these, and I am always surprised by how funny, relevant and readable they are. It helps me to read them out loud as it's easier to understand what's going on.

[Deleka]

As far as I can remember, it is about telling tales by participants who joined a sort of pilgrimage to Canterbury. I wish there was much elaboration

[decafmama]

I loved my Chaucer class in college! Canterbury tales is amazing. He is brilliant at toeing the line between blasphemy and critiquing the religious clerics of the day. His writing is mysterious. Is he being sarcastic in this tale or truthful? Did you know he was the first English writer to use different dialects for northern and southern characters? It is a shame he never finished the work.

[Kristinekaye2005]

When i was in college we studied canterbury tales. I'd love it and the story is so amazing and until now I still remembered it.

[Zora C Penter]

Considering the time period during which it was written, the Canterbury Tales broke so many rules. It was by far the best thing I have ever been required to read for school.

[Carolreads30]

Chaucer does a fabulous job of writing a story that contains many subjects that are not age appropriate for the book but weave into it with a great deal of ease. I don't remember liking this book when I read it in high school and found that it was not a book that should have been discussed in a classroom.

[Frank Mutuma]

I would love to reread the book. The problem of books imposed on students, a natural hatred comes along

[Onyinyechi Orji]

I read this book back in high school and I must commend how good the author was.