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The Life and Times of Chaucer [Buy it!] | Gardner John | USD 4.60 (Wed May 22 23:06:10 2024) | Biblio | bookwitch | Knopf, New York, 1977 3rd Printing. Very Good/Unknown. J. Wolf. Royal octavo, softcover, VG in beige pictorial wraps. 328 pages plus index. Classic biography of Chaucer in his times, taken from official records and his writings. Author creates for us the climate, the feel, of Chaucer's day, of life at the court and for the poor. He gives ua a wholly convincing portrait-everything we can possibly know or surmise about the man whose artistry, compassion, wit, and love for the world gave us a poetry that has entrhralled people for all the centuries since Chaucer lived and died. Knopf, New York, 1977 3rd Printing ISBN 0394493176 9780394493176 [US] |