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Canterbury Tales - Chaucer

by: Geoffrey Chaucer

Usage: Public Domain

Topics: Canterbury, Tales, Chaucer

Collection: opensource

Language: English

In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.