This Penguin Classic is performed by Lesley Manville (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and known forPhantom ThreadandMum**), Derek Jacobi (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and known for** GladiatorandGosford Park**), Michael Balogun (known for** National Theatre Live: Macbeth**), Jay Bernard (writer of** Surge**, artist, film programmer and activist)** , Seroca Davis (known forPrime SuspectandDoctor Who**), Daniel Weyman (winner of Audiobook Narrator of the Year at the Audio Production Awards 2016 and known for** Gentleman JackandA Very EnglishScandal) and Roy McMillan (winner of an Earphone Award for narration onConclaveand award-winning producer).This definitive recording is translated by, and includes an Introduction by Nevill Coghill.
In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.