Frame narrative in verse · c. 1387–1400
The Canterbury Tales
A fellowship of pilgrims riding from Southwark to Canterbury pass the road in stories — chivalric romance, low comedy, sermon, and fable — in the original Middle English, the foundation of English narrative poetry.
Contents · 25 parts
- The General Prologueabout 860 lines
- The Knight’s Taleabout 2250 lines
- The Miller’s Taleabout 740 lines
- The Reeve’s Taleabout 470 lines
- The Cook’s Tale98 lines
- The Man of Law’s Taleabout 1160 lines
- The Wife of Bath’s Taleabout 1260 lines
- The Friar’s Taleabout 400 lines
- The Sompnour’s Taleabout 630 lines
- The Clerk’s Taleabout 1220 lines
- The Merchant’s Taleabout 1200 lines
- The Squire’s Taleabout 690 lines
- The Franklin’s Taleabout 940 lines
- The Doctor’s Taleabout 290 lines
- The Pardoner’s Taleabout 680 lines
- The Shipman’s Taleabout 460 lines
- The Prioress’s Taleabout 260 lines
- Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopasabout 230 lines
- Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœusabout 650 lines
- The Monk’s Taleabout 880 lines
- The Nun’s Priest’s Taleabout 680 lines
- The Second Nun’s Taleabout 550 lines
- The Canon’s Yeoman’s Taleabout 930 lines
- The Manciple’s Taleabout 360 lines
- The Parson’s Taleabout 880 lines