The Canterbury tales

The prologue

The knight's tale

The miller's tale

The pardoner's tale

The merchant's tale

The franklin's tale.

The nun's priest's tale

The pardoner's tale

The wife of Bath's tale

The franklin's tale.

The knight's tale

The miller's tale

The man of law's tale

The clerk's tale

The second nun's tale

The friar's tale

The nun's priest's tale

The reeve's tale

The franklin's tale

The wife of Bath's tale

The monk's tale

The pardoner's tale

The prioress's tale

Chaucer's tale of Melibee.

Characters

General prologue

The knight's tale, part one

The knight's tale, part two

The knight's tale, part three

The knight's tale, part four

Prologue to the miller's tale

The miller's tale

Prologue to the wife of Bath's tale

The wife of Bath's tale

Prologue to the pardoner's tale

The pardoner's tale

Prologue to Sir Thopas

The tale of Sir Thopas

The host interrupts Chaucer

Prologue to the nun's priest's tale

The nun's priest's tale

Epilogue to the nun's priest's tale.

Introduction

The general prologue

The knight's tale

The miller's tale

The reeve's tale- The wife of Bath's tale

The merchant's tale

The franklin's tale

The pardoner's tale

The shipman's tale - The prioress's tale

The nun's priest's tale.

Chaucer's Language liii --

Fragment I Group A --

General Prologue 3 --

Knight's Tale 35 --

Miller's Prologue and Tale 114 --

Reeve's Prologue and Tale 142 --

Cook's Prologue and Tale 159 --

Fragment II Group B --

Man of Law's Prologue, Tale [and Epilogue] 164 --

Fragment III Group D --

Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale 211 --

Friar's Prologue and Tale 255 --

Summoner's Prologue and Tale 270 --

Fragment IV Group E --

Clerk's Prologue and Tale 293 --

Merchant's Prologue, Tale and Epilogue 339 --

Fragment V Group F --

Squire's Prologue and Tale 382 --

Squire-Franklin Link, the Franklin's Prologue and Tale 406 --

Fragment VI Group C --

Physician's Tale 439 --

Physician-Pardoner Link, the Pardoner's Prologue and Tale 449 --

Fragment VII Group B --

Shipman's Tale 474 --

Shipman-Prioress Link, the Prioress's Prologue and Tale 489 --

Prioress-Sir Thopas Link and Sir Thopas 500 --

Thopas-Melibee Link and the Tale of Melibee 509 --

Monk's Prologue and Tale 562 --

Nun's Priest's Prologue, Tale [and Epilogue] 596 --

Fragment VIII Group G --

Second Nun's Prologue and Tale 622 --

Canon's Yeoman's Prologue and Tale 643 --

Fragment IX Group H --

Manciple's Prologue and Tale 677 --

Fragment X Group I --

Parson's Prologue and Tale 691 --

Chaucer's Retractions 782.

Chaucer's life- Chaucer's works

The Canterbury Tales: Group A: The Prologue ; The Knight's tale ; Words between the Host and the Miller ; The Miller's tale ; The Reeve's prologue ; The Reeve's tale ; The Cook's prologue ; The Cook's tale

Group B: Introduction to the Man of Law's tale ; The Man of Law's prologue ; The Man of Law's tale ; Epilogue to the Man of Law's tale ; The Shipman's tale ; Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress ; The Prioress's prologue ; The Prioress's tale ; Words of the Host to Chaucer ; Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz ; Host stops Chaucer's tale of Sir Topaz ; Chaucer's tale of Melibee (in synopsis) ; Words of the Host to the Monk ; The Monks tale ; Words of the Knight and the Host ; The Nun's priest's tale ; Words of the Host to the Nun's priest

Group C: The Physician's tale ; Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner ; The Pardoner's prologue ; The Pardoner's tale

Group D: The Wife of Bath's prologue ; Words between the Summoner and the Friar ; The Wife of Bath's tale ; The Friar's prologue ; The Friar's tale ; The Summoner's prologue ; The Summoner's tale

Group E: The Clerk's prologue ; The Clerk's tale ; Chaucer's envoy to the Clerk's tale ; The Merchant's prologue ; The Merchant's tale ; Epilogue to the Merchant's tale

Group F: The Squire's prologue ; The Squire's tale ; Words of the Franklin to the Squire and of the Host to the Franklin ; The Franklin's prologue ; The Franklin's tale

Group G: The Second nun's prologue ; The Second nun's tale ; The Canon's yeoman's prologue ; The Canon's yeoman's tale

Group H: The Manciple's prologue ; The Manciple's tale

Group I: The Parson's prologue ; The Parson's tale ; Chaucer's retractions

Notes.

Introduction

The prologue

The knight's tale

The miller

The wife of Bath

The merchant

The franklin's tale

The pardoner

The prioress

The nun's priest's tale

Glossary.