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  <title><![CDATA[The Riverside Chaucer]]></title>
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  <default_description>This peerless new edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study, and replaces Robinson's famous edition, long regarded as the standard text. Freshly edited and annotated, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Larry Dean Benson]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Geoffrey Chaucer]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun Mar 29 05:21:21 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I may be a total nerd, but devoting a semester to reading Chaucer in middle English has been one of the best academic decisions I have ever made. One of Chaucer's short poems, The Book of the Duchess, written to condole Chaucer's patron John of Gaunt after he lost is beloved wife Blanche, Duchess of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50788715">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Dec 08 23:50:11 -0800 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, if you're even THINKING about getting this book, understand one thing up front: it is in the original. I don't recall if it has a &quot;translation&quot;, but I do recall having to learn how to adjust my thinking to wrap my head around Chaucerian middle english. All in all, though, I'm glad I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39666261">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="23369884">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat May 31 07:59:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading Chaucer in the original Middle English is a monumental chore; I certainly don't recommend it to the faint of heart or the dictionary-phobic.  There are, however, some moments that are worth the effort, and almost all of them are found in the Canterbury Tales rather than in the many other wor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23369884">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1999</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Apr 26 18:25:04 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This massive tome, 1327 pages in length, was the text used in my college Chaucer class, and provides a wonderful introduction to the works of this brilliant, but frequently under-appreciated poet. It contains all of Chaucer's major works, presented in their original Middle English; and includes the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10192439">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="4246312">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Aug 08 01:42:44 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 11 21:58:17 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was apprehensive about reading Chaucer due to what I thought was an incorrigible phobia - so unfortunately and tragically cultivated during high school - for everything that is Chaucer. &quot;Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote...&quot; What? What? What? <br/><br/>Well, having read, in Middl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4246312">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49543826">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patricia]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[the first time i read this was in college - in middle english. i find middle english fascinating. chaucer was one of the first authors to write entirely in middle english which is a combination of german, latin, and modern english. actually, at the time it was written, it was modern english. <br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49543826">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76808964">
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  <date_added>Thu Nov 05 08:44:39 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chaucer is brilliant.  I think he's better than Shakespeare at concealing his own opinions and manipulations.  It's hard to know where Chaucer stands on any of his stories and characters or when to take him seriously and when he's just having fun.  That's part of what makes his work so complex and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76808964">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="47338050">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 23 21:09:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 23 21:12:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[We used this book extensively in my 2 favorite upper-level Chaucer courses and it was great. It probably helped that the professor was very engaging and enthusiastic about Chaucer. He helped us with the linguistics and made it interesting.  It actually really helped with my later Shakespearean studi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47338050">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55444535">
    <user id="2300137">
    <name><![CDATA[Matt]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 08 21:28:05 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Full confession:  I haven't read the <em>entire</em> thing.  I have read most of it.  Yes, it's in Middle English.  Yes, it is awesome.  Also, you totally feel accomplished once you've read a good chunk of it.  Makes you feel all hardcore and stuff.  Chaucer is the mad note.]]></body>
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    <review id="15995366">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I won't lie and say that I read everything in here in the Middle English. The rating is partially due to the quality of the book (physically, it's one of the nicest looking books I have seen) and the critical material that is also contained within. The introductions and glossary and footnotes are ou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15995366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73339981">
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  <date_added>Sat Oct 03 15:49:46 -0700 2009</date_added>
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  <read_count>.5</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Bought this for class.  It's great, but there are cheaper editions of the ME text out there as long as you don't need to know about the manuscript sources, alternate readings, etc.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're looking for some Chaucer, this is the best, most comprehensive collection of his work. If you're not looking for some Chaucer, well, then this book would just be a silly choice.]]></body>
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    <review id="42089700">
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    <body><![CDATA[Once you get the hang of middle english (it's possible) everything in here is extremely rewarding, often funny, and often poigniant regarding the man.]]></body>
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    <review id="70692509">
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  <read_at>Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so this is THE book for Chaucer studies.  However...and this is a big however...it is NOT a reader-friendly edition.  The way the footnotes are set up is completely asinine, in my opinion.  This is a great edition for Chaucer scholars who have been reading Chaucer for decades and know the stor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70692509">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="40373483">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1968</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not read this edition. I read a much earlier edition..all in Middle English....sigh. when I had a mind...]]></body>
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    <review id="52199428">
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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't read or love every story, but it's absolutely beautiful.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer (1987)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's in middle-English. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've only read parts, but I love Chaucer.  It's hard to read, but it's worth it.  I love his characterizations!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I highly recommend this edition of the Caunterbury Tales. The editor, Larry Benson relies on the Ellesmere manuscript which is my personal favorite. Also included in the Riverside are a number of Chaucer's poems, his Book of the Duchess, and several other pieces. The notes are impeccable and the int...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8798854">more...</a>]]></body>
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