The Chaucer Storybook: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Chaucer Storybook by Eva March Tappan; Geoffrey Chaucer: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 3:56:13 running time and a link to listen.
The Chaucer Storybook, credited to Eva March Tappan; Geoffrey Chaucer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Chaucer Storybook by Eva March Tappan; Geoffrey Chaucer. Read in English by Beth Thomas; Steve C; jamiekravitz; Robert Drexler; axcel; aniroo; Sonia; Phil Schempf; Gerwin Kramer; Corey Matlak; natedela; Ho-Yun Simpson Geoffrey Chaucer's classic "Canterbury Tales" has here been rendered into clear and contemporary English prose. These classic stories are now available to those who would like to read them without struggling through Middle English poetry. The character and humour of The Wife of Bath and other larger-than-life people created by Chaucer are now accessible to a wider audience, including children. Please note that the original Canterbury Tales includes 24 stories, of which 11 are reproduced here. - Summary by Beth Thomas
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Chaucer Storybook
- Author credits: Eva March Tappan; Geoffrey Chaucer
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 3:56:13
Catalogue topics
- Chaucer
- canterbury tales
Track guide
- 00 - Preface — 1:36
- 01 - At the Tabard Inn — 20:26
- 02 - The Knight's Tale — 44:00
- 03 - The Man of Law's Tale — 25:39
- 04 - The Prioress's Tale — 7:09
- 05 - The Nun's Priest's Tale — 17:09
- 06 - The Pardoner's Tale — 13:41
- 07 - The Wife of Bath's Tale — 10:41
- 08 - The Friar's Tale — 10:09
- 09 - The Clerk's Tale — 28:39
- 10 - The Squire's Tale — 23:07
- 11 - The Franklin's Tale — 17:12
- 12 - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale — 16:45
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