We next read travelers' tales told by pilgrims on the road to Canterbury. The bilingual edition we are reading also contains the Middle English text -so challenge yourself with the original. As we continue our cultural foundation series, please join us for The Canterbury Tales at noon at Panera Bread in Westwood following Group #3's session on Madame Bovary.

We could also read Boccaccio'sThe Decameron; a work that was a major influence on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: Ten people fleeing the Black plague decide to entertain themselves by telling a story each for ten days. What could these young people have on their minds? We could eavesdrop and find out.

For our first Canterbury session, please read:

• July 9th 2017: pages: 3-193 in the Norton 2011 bilingual edition

Recommended Editions [I will have extra library copies]:

The Selected Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. Translated by Sheila Fisher. New York: W. W. Norton, 2011. [14 tales, General Prologue, bilingual edition]

The Canterbury Tales. Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by V.A. Kolve and Glending Olson. Norton Critical Edition. Second Edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. [15 tales, General Prologue, sources, and commentary]

The Decameron. Giovanni Boccaccio. Translated by Wayne Rebhorn. Norton Critical Edition. New York: W.W. Norton, 2016 [55 tales plus commentary]

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Find these edition at your local library (http://catalog.colapl.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5?searchdata1=moby-dick%20norton&srchfield1=GENERAL%5ESUBJECT%5EGENERAL%5Ewords+or+phrase&searchoper1=AND&thesaurus1=GENERAL&search_entries1=GENERAL&search_type1=SUBJECT&library=ALL&language=ANY&format=ANY&item_type=ANY&location=ANY&item_1cat=ANY&item_2cat=ANY&match_on=KEYWORD&shadow=NO&sort_by=NONE), bookstore or online from the list of stores on the Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10129760-the-selected-canterbury-tales?from_search=true) site (scroll to the "Get a Copy" section mid-page):

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Photo of Group members at our Westwood Panera discussing Melville's Moby-Dick in February 2017

Schedule of The Canterbury Tales sessions [pagination from Norton 2011 bilingual edition]:

• July 9th 2017: pages: 3-193

• July 23rd 2017: pages: 195-365

• August 6th 2017: pages: 367-533

• August 20th 2017: pages: 535-735

TentativeThe Decameron sessions [pagination from Norton 2016 edition]:

• Days 1 and 2 pages: 5-91

• Days 3 to 5 pages: 91-175

• Days 6 and 8 pages: 175-275

•Days 9 and 10 pages: 275-345

So now you can join your favorite fellow readers for group discussion on one, two or three canonical titles concurrently:

• Flaubert - Sundays: 2/month in Westwood

• Chaucer - Sundays: 2/month in Westwood

• Joyce - alternate Sundays in Westwood

Future Proust Group #1 readings on Sundays may include Aristotle, Goethe, Nietzsche, James, Musil, Gaddis, Camus and others nominated by you, are members.

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