Description
'Those husbands that I had,
Three of them were good and two were bad.
The three that I call "good" were rich and old...'
One of the most bawdy, entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury Tales.
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Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales, Love Visions and Troilus and Criseyde.
One of the most famous Canterbury Tales casts a satirical eye over sex and marriage in the Medieval age.
About the Author
Geoffrey Chaucer was born in London in about 1342, and is known as 'the father of English Literature'. He rose in royal employment to become a knight of the shire for Kent and a justice of the peace, and was well-read in several languages and on many topics, such as astronomy, medicine, physics and alchemy. His works include The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde and The Parliament of Fowles. He died in 1400 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
Book Information
ISBN 9780141398099
Author Geoffrey Chaucer
Format Paperback
Page Count 64
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 53g
Dimensions(mm) 161mm * 111mm * 5mm
