Bloomsbury presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales by Seymour Chwast, read by Joe Eyre, Harriet Carmichael and Brian Bowles.

Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way-on motorcycles, of course-to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers, including a battle-worn knight, a sweetly pretentious prioress, the bawdy Wife of Bath, and an emaciated scholar-clerk, come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The twenty-four tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy in contemporary England, are adapted into graphic novel form by Seymour Chwast-a pitch-perfect transposition of Chaucer's pointed satire. Chwast's engaging style will appeal to those who have enjoyed The Canterbury Tales for years, and those for whom this is a first, delectable introduction. P 2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC C 2011 Seymour Chwast