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The Canterbury Tales Anonymous Mon Feb 13 14:40:28 2023 No.21653205 [Reply] [Original]

Who told the best tale and was most deserving of a free meal at the Tabard Inn?

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 14:57:01 2023 No.21653253 any good readily available editions with the original text and modern translation? i know of the harvard thing but i'd like to read a physical copy

Anonymous Mon Feb 13 15:27:00 2023 No.21653352

>>21653253
I used to have an edition like the one you are looking for, but that was a number of years ago and I forget who published it. At any rate, as I see it you're better off reading a good translation rather than attempting to read the original. Unless of course you're already familiar and confident with Middle English. Otherwise, you're just going to be flipping back and forth between annotations anyways. Nevill Coghill's translation is truly beautiful, and is generally accepted as the best.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 20:22:05 2023 No.21654471 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 21:05:55 2023 No.21654654 Knights tale. Wife of Bath can suck a turd from my asshole.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 21:16:33 2023 No.21654708 >>21653205 true story too

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 21:30:16 2023 No.21654762 >>21654654 Based.

>>	Anonymous Mon Feb 13 21:41:06 2023 No.21654815 >>21654654 >>21654762 What did the Wife of Bath do to you?

Anonymous Mon Feb 13 23:28:00 2023 No.21655175

>>21654815
That tale has been retconned into the anti-intellectualism of feminist philosophy despite the fact that Chaucer is my favorite rapist. His depictions of women are all based in reality but the cruelty of this tale is confused for strength by the rabid sub-80 IQ masses of unwashed pussies walking the hallways of higher learning institutions. The tales need an updated translation effecting more closely the stupidity of women. Screen cap this faggot.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 01:17:09 2023 No.21655567 >>21653205 The Cook and he should have been given a free gallon of beer.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 01:25:42 2023 No.21655611 >>21655175 The Wife of Bath's prologue is actually much more interesting than the actual tale itself. Also it's about double the length.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 02:02:54 2023 No.21655741 >>21653205 The canon-yeoman's tale.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 02:06:37 2023 No.21655762 >>21655741 Actually decent choice. Props for not choosing one of the sex stories.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 02:10:05 2023 No.21655777 Griselda's tale.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 11:31:11 2023 No.21656977 >>21655777 That’s a good story.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 12:42:31 2023 No.21657147 >>21655777 >>21656977 Checked, sevens of truth >Captcha: sad2xx

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 15:05:17 2023 No.21657550 >>21655567 But that tale was never finished? It ends mid-sentence.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 15:06:55 2023 No.21657555 >>21653205 The monk objectively.

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 19:13:46 2023 No.21658517 >>21655777 >>21656977 >>21657147 absolutely jobpilled

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 19:35:11 2023 No.21658593 >>21655175 take your meds, faggot

>>	Anonymous Tue Feb 14 20:18:57 2023 No.21658718 >>21657555 trips o' truth

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