The Canterbury Tales
By Geoffrey Chaucer
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Reading level
Level nine:
Advanced adult literature
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Curriculum details
- Honors Literature and Writing 2
- Core curriculum
- Tenth grade
- Aug 5, 2024 - Aug 30, 2024
- 12 credit hours
About
The Canterbury Tales is a foundational work of literature in the English language, and is often studied in its original Middle English.
High school students do not need to read the entire work in Middle English, but you should spend some time listening to an oral reading of the original language alongside a modern English translation. The University of Saskatchewan's app, available at www.sd-editions.com/CantApp/GP, is freely accessible and includes a beautiful 45-minute oral rendition of the Prologue in Middle English.
We like The Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse by Hackett Classics translation because it modernizes the language while preserving much of the beauty of the original. This edition summarizes some of the tales, while presenting the most important ones unabridged.