Irina, shall we start with the question ‘who is the Wife of Bath?’ We are, of course, talking about Chaucer’s Wife of Bath. This week, we're discussing a sexually voracious professional widow, a stealth preacher, a vivid storyteller, a teacher of love. I'm Mary Wellesley, a contributor to the LRB, and I'm joined for this series by Irina Dumitrescu, also an LRB contributor, who teaches medieval English literature at the University of Bonn. You're listening to the LRB podcast, and welcome to the third episode in a series of Close Readings, looking at the lives and voices of women in medieval literature.
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