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Old 07-14-2007, 08:39 PM   #1
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Default Does anyone have a favorite Canterbury Tale?

I've been re-reading them for fun and would love to chat about them.
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Old 07-14-2007, 09:08 PM   #2
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I've been re-reading them for fun and would love to chat about them.
I guess this will reflect poorly on my refined taste and sense of humor, but I always loved the Miller and the Reeve's Tale. Pretty bawdy stuff.
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I guess this will reflect poorly on my refined taste and sense of humor, but I always loved the Miller and the Reeve's Tale. Pretty bawdy stuff.
Those are both good tales. The Miller's being a not-so veiled criticism of Medieval European Catholocism with, I think, allusions to Mary, Joseph, and Gabriel.

The Reeve's tale isn't quite as bawdy as the Miller's, but I'll never think of "grinding corn" in quite the same way again!
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Old 07-15-2007, 12:54 AM   #4
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The Physician's Tale I found interesting by focusing upon the daughter, and the tragic end which we oft see in Shakespeare.
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