Canterbury Tales (Harriet and Sophia Lee)
{{Short description|Collection of stories by Harriet Lee and Sophia Lee}}
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Canterbury Tales is a collection of short stories and novellas, written by Harriet Lee and Sophia Lee and published in five volumes from 1797 to 1805.{{Cite ODNB |title=Lee, Harriet (1757/8–1851), novelist and playwright |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-16287 |access-date=2023-03-18 | year=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/16287| last1=Alliston | first1=April }} Sophia's contributions consisted of two tales and the narrative introduction to the first volume; the rest of the work is Harriet's, and formed the basis of Harriet Lee's legacy as an author.{{Cite news |date=June 1852 |title=Mrs. Harriet Lee; The Last Surviving Author of "The Canterbury Tales" |pages=427–8 |work=Godey's Magazine and Lady's Book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XdgRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22MRS.+HARRIET+LEE.+THE+LAST+SURVIVING+AUTHOR+OF+%22THE+CANTERBURY+TALES.%22%22&pg=PA427|last1=Godey |first1=Louis Antoine |last2=Hale |first2=Sarah Josepha Buell }}
Contents
- Canterbury Tales for the Year 1797 (1797). By Harriet Lee.
- "Introduction" (by Sophia Lee)
- "The Traveller's Tale: Montford"
- "The Poet's Tale: Arundel"
- "The Frenchman's Tale: Constance"
- "The Old Woman's Tale: Lothaire"
- Canterbury Tales. Volume the Second (1798). By Sophia Lee.
- "The Young Lady's Tale: The Two Emilys"
- Canterbury Tales. Volume the Third (1799). By Sophia and Harriet Lee.
- "The Officer's Tale: William Cavendish" (by Harriet Lee)
- "The Clergyman's Tale: Pembroke" (by Sophia Lee)
- Canterbury Tales. Volume the Fourth (1801). By Harriet Lee
- "The German's Tale: Kruitzner"
- "The Scotsman's Tale: Claudine"
- Canterbury Tales. Volume the Fifth (1805). By Harriet Lee
- "The Landlady's Tale," preceded by a frame narrative named "Canterbury Tales"
- "The Friend's Tale: Stanhope"
- "The Wife's Tale: Julia"
References
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External links
- [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822043035047 Volume 1] at HathiTrust
- [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822043035096& Volume 2] at HathiTrust
- [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822043034859 Volume 3] at HathiTrust
- [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t0ht2kf0 Volume 4] at HathiTrust
- [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t06w99c6k Volume 5] at HathiTrust
Category:1790s short story collections
Category:19th-century short story collections