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There is that as well Larry Send a noteboard - 02/02/2011 03:52:40 AM
But then I suspect a lot Chaucer (a bit like Rabelais in the French sphere) is one of those "I ought to have read this but I never got around to. Now let's see what Larry has to say" kind of authors.

Not being anglo myself, I sated my curiosity with long excerpts to get a feel for it, but I doubt I'd ever read the whole thing. again much like few non-French will read Rabelais in full, and even less in the original (fairly challenging even for natives) moyen français (though I personally don't see what's so fun in Rabelais translated to modern French or other languages - it loses almost all its interest, IMO).


I really think you should read the whole thing, as what makes the work memorable (for me at least) is the banter at the end of stories...and the character Chaucer's attempt at a poem :P

I recently ordered Rabelais in a leatherbound edition (English, alas, as I still doubt my French reading comprehension for such works) :P
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Larry - 30/01/2011 04:13:47 AM 1313 Views
That looks like pretty standard fare stuff. No offense intended. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 06:51:09 AM 1043 Views
I'm mostly revisiting books I read in my late teens to mid-20s Larry - 30/01/2011 07:42:48 AM 1071 Views
The themes may improve. His inability to form any sort of coherent style likely will remain. Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 08:55:10 PM 977 Views
I disagree. Quite strongly, actually. *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 09:10:34 PM 503 Views
Well, you're entitled to be wrong. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/01/2011 09:24:55 PM 480 Views
These ones: Rebekah - 30/01/2011 01:07:58 PM 1076 Views
Don't choose Gurney! Tom - 30/01/2011 02:23:14 PM 1068 Views
It certainly was the worst of the four Ancient Empires books *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 04:18:53 PM 472 Views
I'm just intrigued by someone writing about the Hittites. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:00 PM 468 Views
There is a much better book on the Hittites, though. Tom - 31/01/2011 02:11:03 AM 928 Views
I think Camilla ought to read Flight to Lucifer Larry - 30/01/2011 04:42:32 PM 1031 Views
I am doing very well pretending Bloom does not exist Camilla - 30/01/2011 06:54:24 PM 906 Views
You might like his novel, though Larry - 30/01/2011 07:03:09 PM 895 Views
Re: You might like his novel, though Camilla - 30/01/2011 07:12:30 PM 1025 Views
Not too badly Larry - 30/01/2011 07:21:03 PM 890 Views
S'why I chose it. *NM* Rebekah - 30/01/2011 07:15:29 PM 539 Views
Ha! *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 07:20:23 PM 503 Views
Okay. Legolas - 30/01/2011 01:13:24 PM 980 Views
The number of votes for Chaucer is curious Larry - 30/01/2011 04:41:37 PM 1059 Views
I find Chaucer less interesting than Boccaccio *NM* Tom - 30/01/2011 06:50:44 PM 516 Views
I'm divided on the two Larry - 30/01/2011 07:02:32 PM 938 Views
Well... could be an international readership? jh - 30/01/2011 07:38:51 PM 1001 Views
Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American *NM* Larry - 30/01/2011 09:11:26 PM 481 Views
Re: Very possible, considering 1/3 or so of the blog's readership isn't Anglo-American DomA - 30/01/2011 11:04:11 PM 920 Views
There is that as well Larry - 02/02/2011 03:52:40 AM 1046 Views
Re: There is that as well DomA - 02/02/2011 11:57:26 AM 1207 Views
Very true. *NM* Legolas - 30/01/2011 09:12:46 PM 491 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Napoleon62 - 30/01/2011 08:02:49 PM 1608 Views
Well, at least two of those will be reviewed, it seems. Larry - 02/02/2011 03:53:28 AM 1055 Views
Hm. nossy - 30/01/2011 09:35:18 PM 1338 Views
Heathen! Larry - 02/02/2011 03:55:46 AM 1158 Views
Beckett, Boccaccio, Calvino. *NM* Stephen - 30/01/2011 10:29:38 PM 636 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... DomA - 30/01/2011 10:31:09 PM 1214 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Camilla - 31/01/2011 09:41:16 AM 1058 Views
I've read one Vian book Larry - 02/02/2011 03:50:16 AM 1385 Views
Hmm ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 31/01/2011 12:20:37 AM 1321 Views
Re: So you're given a list of books from which to choose those you want to know more about... Sir Tybalt - 31/01/2011 03:44:01 AM 983 Views
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