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Tag Archives: “The Canterbury Tales” Geoffrey Chaucer

MAYBE IT WASN’T A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT….

OPENING LINES CAN urge compelling reading. Here are some tidbits of such openers that sure worked for me. Perhaps you’d like to share your favorites. The Big Sleep. Raymond Chandler. … Continue reading

October 8, 2021 · Leave a comment

HENGWRT PINKHURST TIDBITS PART 1

ADAM PINKHURST was a scribe during Chaucer’s time, the late 1300s and early 1400s. The Hengwrt Chaucer, c. 1400, is the earliest known example of Chaucer’s most famous work, The … Continue reading

September 13, 2019 · Leave a comment