Oxford World's Classics Piers Plowman: A New Translation of the B-Text, (Paperback)

from ocgreg34

"The Marquis de Croismare's reply, if he does reply, will serve as the opening lines of this tale." With these first words, the tale of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman barely in her twenties, who wishes to leave a Paris convent. She describes to the Marquis through her various letters how she came...

from jonfaith

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.Given the untimely arrival of our Arctic Vortex, it i...

from JVioland

I read this for its historical importance. Langland's poem is a quest: How to lead a good Catholic life in Medieval England. It was a little difficult to read, but if done shortly after you read Chaucer, it is far easier.

from jonfaith

Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land.Given the untimely arrival of our Arctic Vortex, it i...

from ocgreg34

"The Marquis de Croismare's reply, if he does reply, will serve as the opening lines of this tale." With these first words, the tale of Suzanne Simonin, a young woman barely in her twenties, who wishes to leave a Paris convent. She describes to the Marquis through her various letters how she came...