The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (Classic Reprint) written by Geoffrey Chaucer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales The text of the Prologue in the present edition, founded on the excellent Ellesmere ms., has been carefully revised with a special view to representing more accurately and systematically the 'true middle-english pronunciation. With this view, a few inconsistencies in the spelling employed by the scribe have been avoided. The text is amended, where emendation seemed necessary, by comparison of the Ellesmere ms. With six others; and the various readings are given in the footnotes. The mss. Are de noted by the following abbreviations. E. (ellesmere ms.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.