Chaucer For Children Selected From The Canterbury Tales And Minor Poems With A Metrical Version In Mod Engl By Mrs H R Haweis

An accessible introduction to Chaucer, this version is perfect for children and adults alike. Its modern English translation makes this classic text easy to understand. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), known as the Father of English Literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. In this book by M. E. Haweis, children are introduced to this poet and his major literary work, The Canterbury Tales, as well as a few of this lesser known poems. Canterbury Tales are full of cheerfulness and fun; full of love for the beautiful world, and full of sympathy for all who are in trouble or misery. In this book you will find two versions of Chaucer's poetry. First, the lines as Chaucer wrote them are presented, and then the same lines in English as we speak. You can thus look at both, and compare them. A few of Chaucer's other poems are included at the end of the book. This book is included in AmblesideOnline's free online curriculum for year 7 as well as other curriculums that follow a Charlotte Mason and/or classical educational philosophy. It is published by Wildwood Community School, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to offering a living education to all children, and all proceeds go to fulfilling the mission.

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 - 25 October 1400), known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages. He was the first poet to be buried in Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author, philosopher, and astronomer, composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten-year-old son Lewis, Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Among his many works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women and Troilus and Criseyde. He is best known today for The Canterbury Tales.