The Miller's Tale (The Canterbury Tales)

The Miller's Tale (The Canterbury Tales)
Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), Brian Lamont (Translator)

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Classical & Early

"Chaucer made easy!"

Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Miller’s Prologue and Tale”, from The Canterbury Tales, clearly translated into Modern English, while faithfully interpreting and preserving the flowing structure of the original medieval text.

On a journey with his fellow pilgrims to Canterbury Cathedral, Robin, a drunken miller, tells an earthy but imaginative story of how the beautiful young wife of a middle-aged carpenter is seduced by Nicholas, a clever but cunning scholar.

To continue their sexual relationship, Nicholas devises a ludicrous plan to keep the affair secret from not only the suspicious husband but also his rival, a well-mannered but equally lecherous parish clerk.

“The Miller’s Tale” is stuffed with drama, crudeness and hilarity, and is Chaucer at his most outrageous.

Contains strong language.

Reviews

“The perfect introduction to Chaucer, brilliantly capturing his unique style for the modern reader.” JS Hayer, The Supplement.

“Chaucer’s masterpiece clearly translated and easily understood. Ideal for students.” M. Collins PhD.

Penbury Press, 2013.

• Rank: #75280 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-09-23
• Released on: 2013-09-23
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table (Illustrated Edition)

King Arthur: Tales of the Round Table (Illustrated Edition)
Andrew Lang (Author)

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After Uther Pendragon’s death, Merlin the druid forms a stone, and in it, a sword. On this sword, it is written that anyone who can pull it out of the stone will become the new king of England. After many years, the young Arthur, (secretly the son of Pendragon), pulls this magical sword out of the stone, and becomes king. Together with Merlin, he constructs a round table, where only the best knights of England may sit.

• Rank: #226375 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-09-12
• Released on: 2013-09-12
• Format: Kindle eBook

Blood Fury

Blood Fury
Ryan Govender (Author), Jason Govender (Editor)

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Ronald is a simple, yet successful farmer in the town of Lexon. He believes that he lives the perfect life with his wife, Greta, and their seven year old daughter.

Ronald's perfect life comes crashing down when the town is raided by imperial deserters. He must now leave everything behind in order to free his daughter, and the other town captives, from these vicious brigands.

Join Ronald on a quest that will change his life forever...

• Rank: #248121 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-08-26
• Released on: 2013-08-26
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• Number of items: 1

Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)

Lysistrata and Other Plays (Penguin Classics)
Aristophanes (Author)
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Writing at the time of political and social crisis in Athens, Aristophanes was an eloquent yet bawdy challenger to the demagogue and the sophist. The Achanians is a plea for peace set against the background of the long war with Sparta. In Lysistrata a band of women tap into the awesome power of sex in order to end a war. The darker comedy of The Clouds satirizes Athenian philosophers, Socrates in particular, and reflects the uncertainties of a generation in which all traditional religious and ethical beliefs were being challenged.

@PussyWhip What’s something we can leverage against men? What’s the one thing we’re good for again? It’s on the tip of my tongue.

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• Rank: #4939 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-27
• Released on: 2003-04-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 7.80" h x 5.00" w x .71" l, .60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)

The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
Sophocles (Author), E. F. Watling (Translator, Introduction)
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AO Light! May I never look on you again,
Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting,
Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!’

The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496A406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, it is a devastating portrayal of a ruler brought down by his own oath. Oedipus at Colonus provides a fitting conclusion to the life of the aged and blinded king, while Antigone depicts the fall of the next generation, through the conflict between a young woman ruled by her conscience and a king too confident in his own authority.

E. F. Watling’s masterful translation is accompanied by an introduction, which examines the central themes of the plays, the role of the Chorus, and the traditions and staging of Greek tragedy.

• Rank: #10254 in Books
• Published on: 1950-06-30
• Released on: 1950-06-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 176 pages

Dramatic Images: the Roof Bosses of Norwich Cathedral in relation to the Drama of the Middle Ages

Dramatic Images: the Roof Bosses of Norwich Cathedral in relation to the Drama of the Middle Ages
Martial Rose (Author), Julia Hedgecoe (Photographer)

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This booklet explores the fascinating relationship between Norfolk medieval drama and the medieval roof bosses at Norwich Cathedral.

'It is beyond question that the craftsmen concerned with the building and decorating of the cathedral would have been among the audience or even have acted themselves in the medieval drama of their time.'

The aim of the study is to consider the roof bosses of Norwich cathedral in relation to the drama of the period. Towards this end a thumbnail sketch will be given of the development of drama in England during the Middle Ages to serve as a background to the manifestation of that art form in East Anglia at the time of the carving of the bosses.

• Rank: #228706 in eBooks
• Published on: 2013-08-10
• Released on: 2013-08-10
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• Number of items: 1