The complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer [Hardcover]

Geoffrey Chaucer (Author), F. N. Robinson (Author)

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Publication Date: 1957 | Edition: Second Edition

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1002 pages
• Publisher: Riverside Press; Second Edition edition (1957)
• ASIN: B00005VO22
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.9 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,241,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Useful book with a very misleading title - read this before you buy, May 1, 2009

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Karen Chung (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Complete Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer (Paperback)

Contrary to what the title says, there is not a single work of Chaucer's in this entire volume. The texts of Chaucer's works appear in volume II, and this is volume I.

What volume I contains is a fine collection of linguistic tools useful in reading and analyzing Chaucer's works, including guides to pronunciation, grammar, and versification. A sizable glossary of Middle English comprises the largest part of the book. I already had a such a glossary, but am happy to keep this book, since I believe it will be very useful when I someday settle down to read more Chaucer in a serious way. (Shipping costs from Taiwan also make it silly to even consider returning a book.)

This volume was apparently printed from a photocopy of the 1894 Oxford Clarendon press edition of Skeat's work. In spite of occasional little black specks on the page, the printing quality is acceptable and the text is easily legible. Because the copyright has obviously run out on this work, you can find it online for free. But it's certainly worth it to get a nicely printed and bound edition - printing out pages one by one usually doesn't represent any savings, and is inconvenient to say the least.

So, if you want a book of solid early scholarship on Chaucer's works, and you don't want to print it out yourself from the Internet, great - buy this reprint. If you are looking for the complete works of Chaucer, this is NOT it! Try the Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Part 2 edition instead.