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Piers Plowman excerpts, translated of course. Much like Chaucer he mixed accounts of religious and secular life all centred on truth and how to get to heaven
— Jun 20, 2026 08:20AM
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Skipped some of Chaucer, read recently as mentioned
— Jun 19, 2026 08:28AM
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Onto Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, general prologue, unsure if I’ll read all the extracts as have already recently read the full work but I’ll get through the prologue
— Jun 18, 2026 12:08PM
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Finished Gawain, very good. Exemplar of moral fortitude, almost, almost but a little naive
— Jun 18, 2026 09:34AM
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Halfway through Gaiwan, translated by Simon Armitage
— Jun 17, 2026 11:52AM
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Enjoyed Beowulf, Seamus Heaney the great Irish poet translates beautifully the tale of Beowulf’s heroic pursuits
— Jun 13, 2026 11:22AM
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Dream of the Rood, interesting personification of the tree used to make Jesus’s gallows, winds in the story of the passion.
— Jun 13, 2026 04:01AM
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