The Canterbury Tales

The cook . . . The trickster . . . The priest . . . The wronged woman . . . The lawyer . . . The hero . . . The villain . . . A motley group of travellers meet at a London Inn on their way to Canterbury, where they agree to take part in a storytelling competition. As they make their way on the road, they drink, laugh, flirt, argue, interrupt and try to outdo each other with their tales. Funny, moving, outrageous and life-affirming, the twenty-four stories here blend comedy and tragedy, heroic adventure, high romance and salacious humour. Peter Ackroyd's fresh, modern retelling infuses The Canterbury Taleswith new and vigorous life. Here are the best stories ever told, reborn for a new generation.