The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer's wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence.

As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

The Canterbury Tales, compiled in the late fourteenth century, is an incisive portrait, infused with Chaucer"s wry wit and vibrant, poetical language. He evokes a spectrum of colourful characters, from the bawdy Wife of Bath to the gallant Knight, the fastidious Prioress and the burly, drunken Miller. As they wend their way from Southwark to Canterbury, tales are told to pass the time, and the stories are as diverse as the narrators, encompassing themes such as adultery, revenge, courtly love, lechery, avarice and penitence.

As humorous today as when it was written over six centuries ago, The Canterbury Tales remains one of the most popular and enjoyable of the classic works of literature.

THE CANTERBURY TALES

 The General Prologue 

 The Knight"s Tale  

 The Miller"s Prologue and Tale 

 The Reeve"s Prologue and Tale 

 The Shipman"s Tale 

 The Shipman-Prioress Link  

 The Prioress" Prologue and Tale 

 The Prologue and Tale of Sir Thopas

 The Monk"s Prologue  

 The Nun"s Priest"s Prologue and Tale

 The Wife of Bath"s Prologue and Tale

 The Clerk"s Prologue and Epilogue

 The Merchant"s Prologue and Tale "

 The Franklin Addresses the Squire

 The Franklin"s Prologue and Tale

 The Host Addresses the Pardoner

 The Pardoner"s Prologue and Tale

 The Parson"s Prologue 

 "Retraction" 

 Glossary of Basic Words