The Canterbury Tales
eBook - ePub

The Canterbury Tales

With Linked Table of Contents

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Canterbury Tales

With Linked Table of Contents

About this book

The Canterbury Tales was Chaucer's magnum opus. He used the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church. Structurally, the collection resembles The Decameron, which Chaucer may have come across during his first diplomatic mission to Italy in 1372. The tales are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

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Table of contents

  1. Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
  2. The Prologue
  3. The Knight’s Tale
  4. The Miller’s Tale
  5. The Reeve’s Tale
  6. The Cook’s Tale
  7. The Man of Law’s Tale
  8. The Wife of Bath’s Tale
  9. The Friar’s Tale
  10. The Sompnour’s Tale
  11. The Clerk’s Tale
  12. The Merchant’s Tale
  13. The Squire’s Tale
  14. The Franklin’s Tale
  15. The Doctor’s Tale
  16. The Pardoner’s Tale
  17. The Shipman’s Tale
  18. The Prioress’s Tale
  19. Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas
  20. Chaucer’s Tale of Meliboeus
  21. The Monk’s Tale
  22. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
  23. The Second Nun’s Tale
  24. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
  25. The Manciple’s Tale
  26. The Parson’s Tale
  27. Preces De Chauceres — Prayer of Chaucer