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Huckleberry Finn  \nAll Quiet on the Western Front All the Pretty Horses  \nAnimal Farm The Autobiography of Malcolm X The Awakening  \nBeloved  \nBeowulf  \nBrave New World The Canterbury Tales The Catcher in the Rye The Chosen  \nThe Crucible  \nCry, the Beloved Country Death of a Salesman Fahrenheit 451  \nFrankenstein The Glass Menagerie The Grapes of Wrath Great Expectations The Great Gatsby Hamlet The Handmaid’s Tale  \nThe House on Mango Street I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings The Iliad  \nInvisible Man Jane Eyre  \nLord of the Flies Macbeth  \nMaggie: A Girl of the Streets The Member of the Wedding The Metamorphosis Native Son  \n1984 The Odyssey Oedipus Rex  \nOf Mice and Men One Hundred Years of Solitude Pride and Prejudice  \nRagtime  \nThe Red Badge of Courage Romeo and Juliet The Scarlet Letter A Separate Peace Slaughterhouse-Five Snow Falling on Cedars The Stranger  \nA Streetcar Named Desire The Sun Also Rises A Tale of Two Cities The Things They Carried To Kill a 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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact:  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism  \nAn imprint of Infobase Publishing  \n132 West 31st Street New York, NY 10001  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nGeoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury tales / [edited & with an introduction by] Harold Bloom.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s guides)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-7910-9792-2 (hardcover)  \n1. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury tales. 2. Tales, Medieval—History and criticism. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Title: Canterbury tales.  \nPR1874 .G455 2008 821’.1—dc22  \n2007048753  \nBloom’s Literary Criticism books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755.  \nYou can find Bloom’s Literary Criticism on the World Wide Web at [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nContributing Editor: Portia Williams Weiskel Cover design by Takeshi Takahashi  \nPrinted in the United States of America Bang EJB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nThis book is printed on acid-free paper.  \nAll links and Web addresses were checked and verified to be correct atthe time of publication. 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