Narrative poem · c. 1385

Troilus and Criseyde

by Geoffrey Chaucer

In rime royal, Chaucer tells how the Trojan prince Troilus wins the love of Criseyde through her uncle Pandarus, and then loses her to the Greek camp, in the original Middle English.

Contents · 5 parts

• Book Iabout 1090 lines
• Book IIabout 1760 lines
• Book IIIabout 1820 lines
• Book IVabout 1700 lines
• Book Vabout 1870 lines

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