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Medieval Comic Tales

Read how quick-thinking wives caught with their lovers turn the tables on their husbands; a trickster exposes the impiety of a priest; St Peter rescues all the souls in hell by gambling with loaded dice. When Chaucer and Boccaccio wrote The Canterbury Tales and the Decameron, they were drawing upon a great wealth of comic tales, ranging from crude anecdotes to mock courtly romances. Here Derek Brewer’s compendium, first published in 1973, brings together a selection that spans the length and breadth of Europe. Organised by country of origin, they are translated in pithy prose that captures the flavour of the originals.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 2012
• Green Cloth Hardback, 255 pp
• Lino-cuts by Becca Thorne
• Size 230 x 160mm, 950g

Condition: Brand New – Still In Original Unopened Cellophane Wrap

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