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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: English literature; History / General; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;
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Quite simply amazing. A source of language second only the Shakespeare, a torrent of humanity and inventiveness, wrapped in stylish meter and (for us) historical fascination. Enriching. And that's just the Canterbury Tales - with gems such as the introduction to The Legend of Good Women, The House
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of Fame and Troilus and Cressida thrown in, this is an epic compendium of early English; hard work in places (particularly with the frankly cruddy annotation style of the Gutenberg e-Text), but worth pursuing. Reading this leaves one feeling as though a missing piece of the language has slotted neatly into place. Show Less