Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
I want to read the book!
All characters reduced
The Book of the Duchess - cover

The Book of the Duchess

Geoffrey Chaucer

Publisher: Good Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

The Book of the Duchess is a surreal poem that was presumably written as an elegy for Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster's (the wife of Geoffrey Chaucer's patron, the royal Duke of Lancaster, John of Gaunt) death in 1368 or 1369. The poem was written a few years after the event and is widely regarded as flattering to both the Duke and the Duchess. It has 1334 lines and is written in octosyllabic rhyming couplets.
Available since: 04/11/2021.
Print length: 24 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • The Sisters Rosensweig - cover

    The Sisters Rosensweig

    Wendy Wasserstein

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    This delightful Broadway hit chronicles three Jewish sisters from Brooklyn as they gather in London to celebrate a birthday. Wasserstein’s three sisters include a brilliant banker and single mother who has given up on romance, a suburban housewife who moonlights as a talk-show host and a travel writer who still wants to write her serious book.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Caroline Aaron, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jay Paulson, Tony Roberts, Kala Savage, John Vickery, James Warwick and JoBeth Williams.
    Show book
  • Tonight The Moon is Red - cover

    Tonight The Moon is Red

    Virginia McKenna

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    A highly personal collection of poems written by Virginia McKenna, the star of Born Free, recollecting the people, places and animals that have inspired her.
    Show book
  • Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Love - cover

    Kahlil Gibran's Little Book of Love

    Kahlil Gibran

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Kahlil Gibran’s aphorisms, stories, and poetry on a theme remain among some of those best known to Western readers. His views, however, extend beyond the most-quoted “greeting card” sayings to a wide realm of human emotions and relationships—passion, desire, idealized love, justice, friendship, and the challenges of dealing with strangers, neighbors, and enemies. This little book captures love and life in all of their complexities and nuances.This little volume includes over 90 selections from Gibran’s writings and is divided into four sections:Love’s InitiationThe Veils of LoveAll of Our RelationshipsA Love BeyondThis book, ideal for all gift-giving occasions, is informative, illuminating, and inspirational.Whom Do We Love?When I stood, a clear mirror before you,  you gazed into me and saw your image.  Then you said, “I love you.” But in truth you loved yourself in me.  Love is the veil between lover and lover.
    Show book
  • The Window on the Hill - cover

    The Window on the Hill

    Madison Cawein

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of The Window on the Hill by Madison Julius Cawein. This was the Weekly Poetry project for April 22, 2012.Madison Julius Cawein was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the fifth child of William and Christiana (Stelsly) Cawein. His father made patent medicines from herbs. Cawein thus became acquainted with and developed a love for local nature as a child. After graduating from high school, Cawein worked in a pool hall in Louisville as a cashier in Waddill's New-market, which also served as a gambling house. He worked there for six years, saving his pay so he could return home to write. His output was thirty-six books and 1,500 poems. His writing presented Kentucky scenes in a language echoing Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. He soon earned the nickname the "Keats of Kentucky". He was popular enough that, by 1900, he told the Louisville Courier-Journal that his income from publishing poetry in magazines amounted to about $100 a month (Summary by Wikipedia)
    Show book
  • In His Steps (version 2 Dramatic Reading) - cover

    In His Steps (version 2 Dramatic...

    Charles Monroe Sheldon

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    After a strange event at the Raymond First Church, Reverend Henry Maxwell asks his congregation a startling question: Will they pledge to try and do only what Jesus would for an entire year? Even more important, however is the question: Who will follow through the whole way? - Summary by Adele de Pignerolles
    Show book
  • Dance of the Love Caterpillars - An Inspirational Romantic Tale of the Adventure of Loving and Trusting Life - cover

    Dance of the Love Caterpillars -...

    David Charles Brower

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0 
    Deciding we will share what we can, in the time at hand, without some visionary butterfly plan.Dance of the Love Caterpillars is a romantic tale of two Monarch Butterflies that serendipitously meet and fall in love. While sharing a love flower for lunch, they journey through and experience vulnerability, hope, and comfort that emerge from their relationship. Savoring the ephemeral present moment and trusting life, as their daring transformation fast approaches, they decide and learn how to make the most out of their time together.A timeless short love story for romantics of all ages!
    Show book