Dream vision · c. 1379–80

The House of Fame

by Geoffrey Chaucer

A dream vision in three books in which the narrator is carried by a golden eagle to the palace of Fame, where rumour, reputation and the whims of the goddess decide which names endure.

Contents · 3 parts

• Book Iabout 510 lines
• Book IIabout 580 lines
• Book IIIabout 1070 lines

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