Author: Early English Text Society
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Published: 1933
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Jill Whitelock
Publisher: Early English Text Society
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780197223277
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a new edition of an independent Middle English version of an enormously popular story collection, found in almost all European languages. This version was previously edited by Thomas Wright in 1845, but is not otherwise available. The new edition presents a corrected text with full introduction and commentary. The Seven Sages is the first framed story in English, and was known to Chaucer and Gower, among others.