With their astonishing diversity of tone and subject matter, The Canterbury Tales have become one of the touchstones of medieval literature.
Translated here into modern English, these tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life-from knight to nun, miller to monk-reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century that is as robust as it is representative.
Translated by Nevill Coghill
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“接着他说起一个拉图米乌斯, 说他伤心地告诉朋友阿留斯, 说是有棵树长在他家花园里, 就在这棵树上,他三个爱妻 竟然都满怀怨气一个个上吊。 '亲爱的兄弟,’那个阿留斯说道, '这样的好树,请你分一点给我, 我希望自己园子里也有一棵。'
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