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Geoffrey Chaucer; ed. Sheila Innes.
The Merchant’s Prologue and Tale.
Publisher: Cambridge U.P., 2006 reprint (previously issued 2001).
Series: Cambridge School Chaucer.
ISBN 052178753X.
ISBN-13: 9780521787536.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printer: University Press, Cambridge.
Size: 151x227x8mm.
Page count: 112pp.
Main language: Middle English text, given without translation, but with a running glossary on facing pages; introduction & apparatus in modern English.
Overall condition good: this copy has some mild scuffs on the covers, a little wear on the edges with the corners starting to curl; 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: 198g.

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Contents: Portrait of the Merchant (from the General prologue;
Merchant’s Prologue; Perchant's Tale; Merchant’s Epilogue.
Appendices: Looking back at the Merchant’s Tale; Chaucer’s pilgrims; Geoffrey Chaucer; Merchants in Chaucer’s day; Courtly love; Debate on marriage; Myth of Pluto & Proserpina; Themes in the Merchant’s Tale.

Illustrations: monochrome, several throughout, a mix of contemporary sources and modern cartoons
Maps & plans: 1

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

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