God this wife of bath is a messed up lady

[JohnKleeb]

5 husbands since the age of 12. Having sex with old men for bribes. Jebus Christ.

[Poll_Blind]

1. Yes, a very raunchy tale. My favorite of the stories in the book. n/t

PB

[JohnKleeb]

2. Yeah its the one I got assigned

I have to modernize the prologue to it.

[no name no slogan]

13. You got a good one

First marriage at 12 may sound young, but you gotta remember the average life expectancy in the 11th century was about 30 in the British Isles.

I like the old Wife myself. First met her my Freshman year of college, in British Lit. I. Good class, horrible professor, but worth it overall. :)

[JohnKleeb]

14. so that old woman may have been an "old" 30 lol

Thats true and I am aware of the marraiges of the times. No wonder why Chaucer didnt talk about wrinkles :D.

[BlueHandDuo]

3. She's a survivor...

...nothin' messed-up about that.

[JohnKleeb]

4. Just wow though

5 husbands, first marriage at 12. Yeah I know.

[papau]

5. I also like the Millers Tale and Absolom's ass kiss - But then I was 14

when I read it and found the thought funny!

Now one of my problems is why do I still find it funny!

:-)

[JohnKleeb]

6. hah

I really am pissed that they never had us read To Kill a Mockingbird in school, :shrug: everyone else who had other teachers read it but I never did.

[Philostopher]

7. The textbook publishers left that out of ours, in high school.

I did British Lit in 1981, and the Miller's Tale and that of the Wife Of Bath were two they left out. My English teacher muttered a little bit about it, but she was something of a tight-ass and wasn't all that upset -- but she did admit they were there.

She, for example, had determined, because some of his subject matter was raunchier than she found acceptable, that John Updike was a lousy writer. So, of course, the first thing I did was rush to the public library and check out a copy of 'Rabbit Run' -- and started a lifelong habit of reading Updike.

We did read all the Canterbury Tales in my college British Lit class, though, and I remember those two being incredibly funny to me, at the time.

[JimmyJazz]

8. maybe you stop reading and listen to the Redemption Song

:P

[JohnKleeb]

9. my dad has that CD right now

:shrug: and my Marley CD so I am shit out of luck with that.

[JimmyJazz]

10. Well then it's Chaucer for you, dear.

I'm sorry.

[JohnKleeb]

12. I actually just finished all my work now

phew.

[supernova]

11. I love The Wife of Bath!

:D

She had it goin' on long before any heroine.