Canterbury Tales by Chaucer, International Collectors Library 1934

Collectible Luxury Fine Binding Edition of Canterbury Tales by Chaucer. International Collectors Library 1934 Decorated end papers, Art Deco Era Art Work, 8" by 6", Gilded Crest on Cover, Gilded Spine, 625 pages, Illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Clean -- still has red ribbon bookmark. Collegiate, collectors item, EUC, Rare, Hard To Find More about Canterbury Tales: The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury[2]) is a collection of 24 stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.[3] In 1386, Chaucer became Controller of Customs and Justice of the Peace and, in 1389, Clerk of the King's Works.[4] It was during these years that Chaucer began working on his most famous text, The Canterbury Tales. The tales (mostly written in verse, although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together from London to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.