The wife of Willesden / Zadie Smith.

"In her stage-writing debut, celebrated novelist and essayist Zadie Smith brings to life a comedic and cutting twenty-first century translation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic The Wife of Bath. The Wife of Willesden follows Alvita, a Jamaican-born British woman in her mid-50s, as she tells her life st...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Zadie (Author)
Other Authors: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Language:English
English, Middle (1100-1500)
Language and/or Writing System:
Translated from the Chaucerian into North Weezian.
Published: [New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.
Subjects:
Women > Drama.
Women > Poetry.
Poetry.
Theatrical adaptations.
Verse drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Poetry.
Theatrical adaptations.
Verse drama.
Physical Description:xviii, 189 pages ; 21 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Wife of Willesden
  • The General Lock-In
  • The Wife of Willesden's Prologue
  • The Wife of Willesden's Tale
  • A Retraction
  • From The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Wife of Bath's Prologue
  • The Wife of Bath's Tale
  • Chaucer's Retraction.