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Title: Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales

Note: Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Revised by Richard Tonsing.

Summary: "Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of narrative poems written in the 14th century. This edition presents an edited version of the famous tales, which are framed within a pilgrimage context, where various characters share their stories along the journey to Canterbury Cathedral. The work features a diverse cast of characters, each with unique backgrounds and social standings, including the Knight, the Squire, and the Prioress, offering a vivid portrayal of medieval society. At the start of "The Canterbury Tales," the scene is set in April, a time traditionally associated with renewal and pilgrimage. The narrator introduces the story by explaining that he decided to join a group of twenty-nine pilgrims at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, who are preparing to travel to Canterbury. As the gathering is described, readers get a glimpse into the personalities and social standings of various characters, laying the groundwork for the tales they will tell. This opening sets a unique tone for the journey, blending themes of faith, storytelling, and camaraderie with the anticipation of shared experiences and moral reflections on life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1343?-1400

Editor: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912

EBook No.: 22120

Published: Jul 22, 2007

Downloads: 5646

Language: Middle English

Subject: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

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Title: Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales

Note: Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http: //www.pgdp.net
Revised by Richard Tonsing.

Summary: "Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer is a collection of narrative poems written in the 14th century. This edition presents an edited version of the famous tales, which are framed within a pilgrimage context, where various characters share their stories along the journey to Canterbury Cathedral. The work features a diverse cast of characters, each with unique backgrounds and social standings, including the Knight, the Squire, and the Prioress, offering a vivid portrayal of medieval society. At the start of "The Canterbury Tales," the scene is set in April, a time traditionally associated with renewal and pilgrimage. The narrator introduces the story by explaining that he decided to join a group of twenty-nine pilgrims at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, who are preparing to travel to Canterbury. As the gathering is described, readers get a glimpse into the personalities and social standings of various characters, laying the groundwork for the tales they will tell. This opening sets a unique tone for the journey, blending themes of faith, storytelling, and camaraderie with the anticipation of shared experiences and moral reflections on life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, 1343?-1400

Editor: Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William), 1835-1912

EBook No.: 22120

Published: Jul 22, 2007

Downloads: 5646

Language: Middle English

Subject: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry

LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.