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Feb 23, 2009 · Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. 510 pages. A reissue of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". Addeddate.
Apr 16, 2013 · Download THE CANTERBURY TALES free in PDF & EPUB format. Download Geoffrey Chaucer.'s THE CANTERBURY TALES for your kindle, tablet, IPAD, PC or mobile.
- Chaucer's Life & Career
- Characters
- Brief Summary & Best-Known Tales
- Conclusion
Geoffrey Chaucer was the son of a wealthy wine merchant of London, given a good education at local schools, and entered into service of the royal court around the age of 13 in 1356 CE. He served under three English kings, King Edward III (r. 1327-1377 CE), Richard II (r. 1377-1399 CE), and Henry IV(also known as Henry Bolingbroke, r. 1399-1413 CE) ...
Chaucer, appearing as one of the characters in the story, describes the others when he meets them at the Tabard Inn at Southwark. The majority of the characters will tell a tale to the others as they ride toward Canterbury. These are, in the order they appear in The General Prologue: 1. Chaucer-the-pilgrim who narrates the work; tells the 17th and ...
The Canterbury Tales is narrated by a character whom scholars identify as Chaucer-the-pilgrim, a literary character based on the author but presented as far more naïve, clueless, and trusting than the actual Chaucer could have been. This same sort of narrator appears in Chaucer's earlier works, The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame (c 1378-138...
The final tale and the retraction have led some scholars to conclude that The Canterbury Talesis a finished work. Scholar Larry D. Benson, for example, writes: There is no consensus, however, on what The Retraction means or whether it was even intended to be included in the manuscript of The Canterbury Tales. No version of the work exists in Chauce...
- Joshua J. Mark
revised modern text of The Canterbury Tales, published in Mr Nimmo's Library Edition of the English Poets; from Mr Wright's scholarly edition of the same work; from the indispensable Tyrwhitt; from Mr Bell's edition of Chaucer's Poem; from
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Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, had been brutally murdered in his cathedral over a disagreement with Henry II (1133–89), and, after Becket was canonized (in 1173), Canterbury became one of the most important sites for pilgrimage in the Christian West.
To Canterbury with pious courage, There came at night to that hostelry Quite nine and twenty in a company Of sundry folk who had chanced to fall Into a fellowship, and pilgrims all, That towards Canterbury meant to ride. The chambers and the stables were full wide, And we housed at our ease, and of the best;
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With over 17,000 lines in a collection of 24 stories, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales is one of the most recognized pieces of English and world literature today. Chaucer’s loyalty to the king continued during the late 80s and early 90s as he served as a clerk.
