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Geoffrey Chaucer; eds. David Kirkham and Valerie Allen.
The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 1999.
Series: Cambridge School Chaucer.
ISBN 0521595088;
ISBN-13 9780521595087.
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Printer: University Press, Cambridge.
Size: 152x226x7mm.
Page count: 96pp.
Main language: Middle English text, given without translation, but with a running glossary on facing pages; introduction & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy looks a bit battered, some scuffs and creases on the covers, noticeable but not too severe, the edges a bit worn and the corners a bit frayed; the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.

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[Publisher’s price £8.50]
Weight without packaging: 171g.

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Appendices: Chaucer’s pilgrims; Pilgrims & pilgrimage; Geoffrey Chaucer; Social structure & Chaucer’s satire; Discussion questions.

Introduction: 7pp
Notes: each page of the text has a summary of its narrative at the top, with some pointers for study on the facing page
Tables: no
Illustrations: 21, monochrome
Maps & plans: 1
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: list of frequently-used words at end of book, plus page-by-page glossary facing the main text
Bibliography: no
Index: no

See also | Canterbury Tales |
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