{"product_id":"the-canterbury-tales-3","title":"The Canterbury Tales","description":"436 pp. Renowned critic, historian, and biographer Peter Ackroyd takes on what is arguably the greatest poem in the English language and presents the work in a prose vernacular that makes it accessible to modern readers while preserving the spirit of the original.  A mirror for medieval society, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales concerns a motley group of pilgrims who meet in a London inn on their way to Canterbury and agree to take part in a storytelling competition. Ranging from comedy to tragedy, pious sermon to ribald farce, heroic adventure to passionate romance, the tales serve not only as a summation of the sensibility of the Middle Ages but as a representation of the drama of the human condition.  Ackroyd's contemporary prose emphasizes the humanity of these characters - as well as explicitly rendering the naughty good humor of the writer whose comedy influenced Fielding and Dickens - yet still masterfully evokes the euphonies and harmonies of Chaucer's verse. This retelling is sure to delight modern readers and bring a new appreciation to those already familiar with the classic tales.","brand":"Viking","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50827669372998,"sku":"2355023","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/files\/2355023.jpg?v=1793209785","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-canterbury-tales-3","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}