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The Miller's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) | 
 enlarge | Author: Geoffrey Chaucer
Creator: James Winny
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 32673
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 108
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 0521080339
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.1
EAN: 9780521080330
ASIN: 0521080339
Publication Date: February 2, 1971
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 Amazing text, especially for all AS levellers!! September 6, 2006
Georgie C (Cambridge, UK)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I studied The Miller's Tale as part of my 'Texts in Context' paper and i thoroughly recommend that all budding AS levellers do the same for the following reasons- Chaucer is stunning, 14th century english is hilarious, the book is full of sex and it is a pleasure to study. Marvellous would be an understatement, life changing would be an overstatment, so i shall stick to 'wonderful'. READ IT NOW!
 double dutch nonsense December 29, 2003
2 out of 53 found this review helpful
i think the guy must have had is mouthed clubbed or he has been too busy sucking something (!) since he cannot seem to speak properly in this. i dont see why this crap has to be studied for..what use is it to help you in the real world?? NONE! thats why i am selling mine. its complete double dutch 900-years-outta-date crap.
Literature's best dirty dirty joke May 25, 2002
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
It is a bawdy tale that involves adultery, superstition and three foolish men who are each punished in a suitable manner. One is burnt with a poker on the backside, another breaks his arm and the other kisses someone's backside by mistake! Now you've found out how they are punished, don't you want to know why?
Although farcical, it is also highly satitical and full of irony.
Also, it will appeal to feminists because the one female character is the only one to get off scott free and also manages to make fools out of the men.
A comic tale of love, lust and deceit! January 17, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Taken from the Canterbury Tales, the Miller's Tale is an entertaining medieval romp featuring four lovers, three tubs, two quarts of ale, one hot iron and a cunning trick. The young carpenter's wife Alison is the object many people's affections in the town of Oxford, her old husband, the young local parish clerk Absolom and her lodger, a clerk called Nicholas. Nicholas is quickly the one who takes her fancy but in order for them to be together Alisons says that Nicholas must fool the old carpenter, and so a cunning trick develops. A trick which convinces the Carpenter that Noah's flood will come again. A nasty surprise is also in store for Absolom whose attention is clearly uninvited, and the reader quickly suspects that all will not end happily for the deceitful lovers. In the tale Chaucer exploits the fears of the medieval audience and his use of humour will still rouse a chuckle from the modern audience and readers today. This edition also has a helpful set of concise notes and a glossary to help novices battle their way through the language of middle English. This edition is also particularly good for students studying the tale as a set text for an exam.
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