Twelve stories retold by Eva March Tappan in very simple prose which makes this edition most attractive for children's reading.
Written in a good, vigorous style, retaining much of Chaucer's spirit of chivalry and joyous optimism.
The twelve stories included are:
I. At the Tabard Inn
II. The Knight's Tale
III. The Man of Law's Tale
IV. The Prioress's Tale
V. The Nun's Priest's Tale
VI. The Pardoner's Tale
VII. The Wife of Bath's Tale
VIII. The Friar's Tale
IX. The Clerk's Tale
X. The Squire's Tale
XI. The Franklin's Tale
XII. The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
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12 Illustrations from wood cuts as they appeared in the Houghton Mifflin Company edition of 1908.
