The Canterbury Tales: A Retelling

Last night, I finished the third tale, and commented that so far these stories aren't much fun. I slept on it, and have decided that this book isn't worth finishing for me. I know Chaucer's collective Canterbury Tales are supposed to be this Big Important Piece of Literature, and perhaps something of the poetry was lost in the translation (I was never gonna read it in old English anyway), but so far I have not been impressed. I have fallen asleep while reading it a few times, and there have been so many flatulence jokes and casual references to the hilariousness of sexual assault that I'm not even interested in any of it anymore.