Project Gutenberg 2007-07-22 Public domain in the USA. 5567 Chaucer, Geoffrey 1342 1400 Chaucer, Jeffrey Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William) 1835 1912 Skeat, Walter William Chaucer's Works, Volume 4 — The Canterbury Tales Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. by Jonathan Ingram, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Revised by Richard Tonsing. "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.) enm Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Poetry PR Text Best Books Ever Listings Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 1910516 1910319 2024-10-09T13:56:55.053541 2023-09-10T05:39:57.387592 text/html text/html 2039226 2021-04-29T22:55:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1088218 2021-04-29T23:17:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1142888 2024-10-09T13:57:36.419814 application/epub+zip 1174528 2024-10-09T13:57:00.059551 application/epub+zip 696663 2024-10-09T13:56:57.451505 application/epub+zip 1848950 2024-10-09T13:57:56.371718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1738135 2024-10-09T13:57:33.534858 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1260058 2022-09-10T11:27:35.223984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1503797 2024-10-09T13:56:44.239594 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1503760 2021-04-30T00:20:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 539700 2021-04-30T00:20:01 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 20137 2024-10-09T13:57:56.762706 application/rdf+xml 13637 2024-10-09T13:56:57.893509 image/jpeg 2130 2024-10-09T13:56:57.676510 image/jpeg 1102236 2024-10-09T13:56:55.200555 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia