Cliffs Notes on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales

Master this multi-layered masterpiece of Middle English literature: CliffsNotes on The Canterbury Tales can guide you step by step along Geoffrey Chaucer's medieval storytelling pilgrimage. As they entertain one another on the road to Canterbury with tall tales and fairy tales both moral and immoral, the pilgrims reveal their true natures. Become acquainted with the fables and foibles of Chaucer's most memorable characters - the drunken Miller, the noble Knight, the duplicitous Pardoner, and the bawdy Wife of Bath - through in-depth character analyses; then sort out the whole merry band of pilgrims with the handy CliffsNotes character map. CliffsNotes on The Canterbury Tales provides complete coverage of all 24 tales with plot summaries and commentaries on timeless themes such as gender roles in love and marriage.