Chaucer, G.: Canterbury Tales, Vol. 2 (Modern English Verse Translation) (Unabridged)

Various Artists

• Released on 6/15/02 by Naxos Audiobooks
• Main artists: Frances Jeater Philip Madoc John Moffatt John Rowe Charles Simpson
• Genre: Comedy/Other

1 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Prologue to The Wife of Bath's Tale

00:07:29

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist - John Tydeman, Producer

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2 The Wife of Bath's Tale: And tell me also, why there was creation

00:04:29

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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3 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Now sires, I shall proceed to tell my tale

00:07:32

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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4 The Wife of Bath's Tale: We love no man that spies or gives us charge

00:07:32

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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5 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Such words I had always, and brought them forth

00:05:05

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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6 The Wife of Bath's Tale: And so it happened on a day in Lent

00:06:40

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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7 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Now I will tell you truly, by St Thomas

00:06:38

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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8 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Who would believe, who could indeed suppose

00:02:43

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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9 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Behold the words between the Summoner and the Friar

00:02:06

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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10 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Here begins the Tale of the Wife of Bath

00:07:15

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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11 The Wife of Bath's Tale: This Knight, of whom in chief I tell this tale

00:05:17

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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12 The Wife of Bath's Tale: Now, some men, it may be, will take offense

00:11:34

DISC 2

1 The Clerk's Tale

00:03:43

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist - John Tydeman, Producer

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2 The Clerk's Tale: Here begins the Tale of the Clerk from Oxford

00:07:59

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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3 The Clerk's Tale: Not far from that same stately palace bright

00:05:02

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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4 The Clerk's Tale: The thoughtful Marquis spoke then to this maid

00:08:09

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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5 The Clerk's Tale: It happened, as it would again, indeed This ugly sergeant, in the same rude way

00:09:09

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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6 The Clerk's Tale: So in this way went by four years or more

00:09:56

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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7 The Clerk's Tale: But meanwhile, after all his wickedness

00:08:47

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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8 The Clerk's Tale: This great earl from Bologna now is there

00:05:27

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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9 The Clerk's Tale: And when he saw her stand so patiently

00:07:24

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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10 The Clerk's Tale: Chaucer's Envoy: Grisilda and her patience both are dead

00:03:11

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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DISC 3

1 The Reeve's Tale: The Prologue to the Reeve's Tale

00:04:26

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist - John Tydeman, Producer

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2 The Reeve's Tale: Here the Reeve's Tale begins

00:04:37

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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3 The Reeve's Tale: Among the Cambridge students there were two

00:02:21

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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4 The Reeve's Tale: The Miller smiled at their simplicity

00:03:12

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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5 The Reeve's Tale: Like cattle in the rain, wet through and through

00:05:51

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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6 The Reeve's Tale: Soon after this the wife left of her snoring

00:03:01

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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7 The Reeve's Tale: Yea, hast thou, lecherous rogue?

00:03:24

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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8 The Nun's Priest's Tale: The Prologue to the Nun's Priest's Tale

00:03:55

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist - John Tydeman, Producer

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9 The Nun's Priest's Tale: Here begins the Nun's Priest's Tale. So Once it fell, as day began to break

00:08:13

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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10 The Nun's Priest's Tale: 'Madam', quoth he, 'grand merci for your lore'

00:05:16

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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11 The Nun's Priest's Tale: But unto one befell a marvellous thing

00:05:58

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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12 The Nun's Priest's Tale: Now, when the month in which the world began

00:03:39

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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13 The Nun's Priest's Tale: Women's advice is oftentimes ill-fated!

00:07:02

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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14 The Nun's Priest's Tale: This simple widow and her daughters two

00:04:21

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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15 The Nun's Priest's Tale: Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale

00:01:36

Frances Jeater, Artist, MainArtist - John Moffatt, Artist - Geoffrey Chaucer, Composer - Philip Madoc, Artist - Charles Simpson, Artist - John Rowe, Artist

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About the album

• 3 disc(s) - 37 track(s)
• Total length: 03:29:59

• Main artists: Frances Jeater Philip Madoc John Moffatt John Rowe Charles Simpson
• Composer: Geoffrey Chaucer
• Label: Naxos Audiobooks
• Genre: Comedy/Other
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

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