The Canterbury Tales , by Geoffrey Chaucer , is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics :
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. 0in 0in 0pt">Pilgrims on their way to worship at the shrine of Saint Thomas à Becket in Canterbury stop at the Tabard Inn. Representing a cross-section of medieval English society, the group includes a knight and his squire, a prioress, a friar, a miller, and a wife. To amuse themselves on their journey, they agree that each will tell a tale. These storiesby turns bawdy, hilarious, scurrilous, romantic, heroic, and movingreveal a great deal about the tellers and the world they live in, which, despite the distance of six hundred years, seems remarkably like our own. Indeed, the structure of The Canterbury Tales and the sophisticated, intricate interplay between the stories, their narrators, and the general narrator (himself a complex comic character) give the book its strikingly modern flavor.often called the first book of poetry written in English, Chaucer ’s masterpiece is also the first anthology of English short fiction, one that will resonate with readers for as long as folly and courage, deceit and generosity, love and jealousy remain part of the human personality. 0in 0in 0pt"> Robert W. Hanning is Professor of English at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1961. He has published The Vision of History in Early Britain , The Individual in Twelfth-Century Romance , The Lais of Marie de France (co-translated with Joan Ferrante), and Castiglione: the Ideal and the Real in Renaissance Culture (co-edited with David Rosand), as well as many articles on Chaucer’s poetry and other medieval and Renaissance subjects. Peter Tuttle 's most recent poetry is Looking for a Sign in the West , published by Back Short in 2003.
前两天看完了《坎特伯雷故事》(The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer, 【英】杰弗雷·乔叟著,方重译,人民文学出版社,2004年,名著名译插图本系列),作为我补读古典名著的又一个小小成果。其实早已过了摘抄好词好句的年纪,但是为了梳理和总结一下,还是顺便做了一些摘...
评分 评分As the title indicates, l cannot help associating this book with another distinguished tales, Decameron written by Giovanni Boccacci, which tremendously aroused my interest in making a further comparison between the two masterpieces. Despite the appa...
我必须说,这本书的气质非常独特。它不像市面上很多流行的读物那样,一味追求情节的跌宕起伏,或者刻意制造悬念。相反,它散发着一种古老而宁静的魅力,仿佛一位饱经风霜的长者,娓娓道来那些发生在他身上的、或他听来的故事。阅读的过程,更像是一次与历史对话,一次穿越时空的旅行。那些人物,他们的语言,他们的思考方式,都带着鲜明的时代印记,但同时,他们的喜怒哀乐,他们的欲望和困惑,又是如此的真切和具有普遍性。我时常会在阅读的过程中停下来,仔细品味作者的文字,感受那种朴实而深刻的表达。它没有刻意卖弄辞藻,但每一个词语都恰到好处,充满了力量。这本书带给我的,不仅仅是故事,更是一种沉浸式的体验,一种对过去时代的敬畏和对人类共同情感的认同。
评分这本书的装帧实在太漂亮了!我收到的时候,简直惊喜得想尖叫。封面上的插画色彩浓郁,细节丰富,而且摸起来有种特别的质感,一看就知道是精心设计过的。翻开内页,纸张的厚度和色泽也恰到好处,触感非常温润,不像有些精装书那样硬邦邦的,阅读体验瞬间就提升了好几个档次。我特别喜欢它排版的设计,字体大小适中,行距也很舒服,长时间阅读眼睛也不会觉得疲劳。而且,这本书的装订非常牢固,我能感觉到它能陪伴我很多年,这对我来说很重要,我喜欢把那些对我意义非凡的书籍放在书架上,让它们成为我生活的一部分。光是拿到这本书,我心里就已经有了一种满足感,迫不及待地想要开始阅读它的故事了。我之前就听说过这本书的大名,但一直没有机会接触到实体书,这次真的是满足了我对一本好书的所有想象。无论是作为礼物送人,还是自己收藏,它都绝对是绝佳的选择。
评分我之前对这部作品一直充满了好奇,但总是被它的篇幅和名声所“吓倒”。然而,当我真正开始阅读时,才发现事情并非我想象的那样。作者巧妙地构建了一个旅途的框架,将一系列各具特色的人物串联起来,就像是一幅生动而多元的社会画卷。我发现自己常常会因为某个角色的独特经历而驻足,或者被某个令人捧腹的细节逗得哈哈大笑。有时候,我会感到一股深深的共情涌上来,好像看到了自己曾经的某个瞬间,或者是在生活中认识的某个熟人。那些故事不仅仅是简单的叙述,更像是作者对人性、对生活百态的细致观察和深刻洞察。我惊喜地发现,尽管时代背景与我所处的时代相距甚远,但其中许多的情感、困境和欢乐,却依然能够触动我内心最柔软的地方。这本书让我看到了许多我从未设想过的角度,也让我对人性有了更深层次的理解。
评分坦白说,在开始阅读之前,我对这本书的期待值并没有那么高,毕竟它是一部非常古老的经典。然而,这本书所带来的惊喜,远远超出了我的想象。我惊喜地发现,其中的许多桥段和人物设计,都极具现代感,甚至可以说,为后世许多文学作品提供了灵感。作者对社会现实的批判,对人性的刻画,都显得异常犀利和深刻,即使是在今天看来,也依然具有警示意义。我时常会被某些情节的巧妙之处所折服,或者对作者的洞察力感到惊叹。它不是那种能够让你在睡前轻松翻阅的书,你需要投入时间和精力去理解和体会,但回报是巨大的。这本书让我重新审视了许多我习以为常的观念,也让我对文学的魅力有了更深的认识。它不仅仅是一部古籍,更是一份跨越时空的智慧宝藏。
评分这部作品的结构安排实在令人印象深刻。作者仿佛是一位技艺精湛的建筑师,将一个个独立的故事巧妙地编织在一起,形成了一个宏伟而完整的整体。我非常喜欢这种“故事中的故事”的叙事方式,它不仅保持了阅读的新鲜感,更让整体的格局显得更加庞大和丰富。每一个人物在讲述自己的故事时,都展现出截然不同的个性和风格,这让我感觉自己仿佛置身于一个热闹非凡的聚会之中,听着不同的人分享着各自的人生经历。而且,作者在构建这些故事时,对细节的把握也极其到位,无论是人物的刻画,还是场景的描绘,都栩栩如生,让人身临其境。这种多层次的叙事,不仅增加了阅读的趣味性,也让我对故事背后的文化和社会背景有了更深入的了解。
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