Canterbury Tales Audiobook by Chaucer read by Martin Starke and Prunella Scales

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer Read by Martin Starkie and Prunella Scales. Movie length i.e. abridged. “When in April sweet showers fall…”
The Canterbury Tales: The twenty-four stories of The Canterbury Tales were written by Chaucer from 1387 to the year of his death in 1400 AD. These stories are told by various pilgrims who are traveling to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. This audiobook contains 2 prologues and 5 stories. They include:
• The Prologue
• The Miller’s Tale
• The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
• The Wife of Bath’s prologue
• The Wife of Bath’s Tale
• The Merchant’s Tale
Geoffrey Chaucer: (c.1343 - 1400) was born in London, England. He grew up to be a man of many talents. Besides being a writer and poet, he also studied astronomy and law, was a civil servant, and member of parliament. During the 100 -Years war when England invaded France, Chaucer was captured and held for ransom by the French. The ransom was paid for by King Edward III.
Quote: All that’s written down has some truth to tell. Take the wheat and let the chaff lie still.
Martin Starkie (1922-2010) was born in Burnley, England. He received his college education and acting skills and Oxford University and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art respectively. He appeared on various British TV movies and series during the 1950s including Sherlock Holmes (1951), BBC-Sunday Night Theater, among others. Later he wrote for the 7-episode Canterbury Tales which aired on the BBC, and cowrote the musical Canterbury Tales which won 4 Tony Awards. He also founded the annual Chaucer Festival and this Chaucer enthusiast narrated our audiobook. Enjoy!
Prunella Scales (1932 - ) was born in the village of Sutton Abinger, England. Beginning 1949, she received her theater training at The Old Vic* aka Royal Victoria Hall. Prunella Scales is best known for playing wife Sybil Fawlty alongside John Cleese in the madcap series, Fawlty Towers. She also performed in the movies Howard’s End and The Littlest Horse Thieves.
*From 2003-2015, the artistic director at The Old Vic was Kevin Spacey.

[@beechnut8779]

I had this on a cassette tape years and years ago. How fun to hear it again! Thanks for posting.

[@andrewquintanawrites]

Thanks for posting this !!! ❤❤

[@rosemaryedwards3293]

Brilliant adaptation - I have always loved Chaucer, since I studied the Wife of Bath's Tale for my A-level English over 50 years ago!

[@Constantine-g7o]

Wonderful!

[@JohnChampagne]

I was fasting, to protest utter neglect of ideas that could be the basis of a sustainable and more just civilization. Someone reported me to authorities as being a danger to myself. I was taken against my will to a psychiatric ward, and soon threatened with being force-fed and subjected to ECT. I buckled under that pressure, after hearing a Court confirm that authority stood behind the threat. While locked up in the following week, I sought advice from a friend about what I should read. He speaks Old English, so I asked specifically about Chaucer. He recommended the "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" (and a couple of other tales). I read 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' aloud to my 'cellmate'. I started crying when the Old Woman was asking for the origin of the distinction between gentlemen and commoner, given that we are all descended from the same Adam. (This exact point seems to be omitted from this reading.) When John Ball asked that question at about the time that these stories were assembled, he soon lost his head. (Also omitted: The old woman promised that she would appear to others as an old, ugly woman, so that, if he leaves the house, he need not worry whether she will remain faithful if some traveler happens by. She touches on this point here, by pointing out that, if she is beautiful, he will be seeing people come to visit *because* they want to see her.)

[@jimmyadams628]

Wow😊

[@seanharvey3370]

Do you have the eagle has landed as read by Edward Fox

[@mikebarker6979]

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