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Literature/Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1387–1400

Geoffrey Chaucer’s unfinished collection of tales in Middle English verse and prose, told by a company of pilgrims riding from the Tabard inn in Southwark to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury.

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Contents

  1. The General Prologue
  2. The Knight’s Tale (1 of 3)
  3. The Knight’s Tale (2 of 3)
  4. The Knight’s Tale (3 of 3)

The Miller’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Reeve’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Cook’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Man of Law’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Wife of Bath’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Friar’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Sompnour’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Clerk’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Merchant’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Squire’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Franklin’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Doctor’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Pardoner’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Shipman’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Prioress’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœus

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Monk’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale
  3. The Epilogue
  1. The Second Nun’s Tale

The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Manciple’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale

The Parson’s Tale

  1. The Prologue
  2. The Tale
  3. Preces de Chauceres