The Canterbury Tales
and other poems - Unabridged edition with notesBy Geoffrey Chaucer
Length38h 26m
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Writing at the end of a tragic and violent century, Chaucer portrays England as a discordant nation, where virtue prevails over vice and vice is an occasion for laughter rather than cause for indignation. To do so, he stages a group of pilgrims heading from London to Canterbury, who meet along the way and tell stories. There is a good-natured and somewhat prevaricating innkeeper, a modest and virtuous knight who has seen a thousand military campaigns, a learned but somewhat greedy medical doctor, and no shortage of civil servants, millers and farmers, good country parish priests, vain nuns and corrupt friars. The result is a cross-section of a mobile and restless society, whose characters seem almost like our contemporaries. Therein lies Chaucer's true masterpiece: in the vividness of the subjects depicted in the frame to the actual tales.
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GenrePoetry, Literary Classics, History
Length38 hrs 26 mins
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Table of contents
1Chapter
69Notes to the Prologue to Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas
2PREFACE.
70THE TALE <1>
3LIFE OF GEOFFREY CHAUCER.: Notes to Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
71Notes to Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas
4Notes to Life of Geoffrey Chaucer
72CHAUCER'S TALE OF MELIBOEUS.
5THE PROLOGUE.
73Notes to the Prologue to Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus.
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6Notes to the Prologue
74THE TALE.<1>
7THE KNIGHT'S TALE <1> (pt. 1)
75Notes to Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus.
8THE KNIGHT'S TALE <1> (pt. 2)
76THE MONK'S TALE.
9Notes to The Knight's Tale.
77Notes to the Prologue to The Monk's Tale
10THE MILLER'S TALE.
78Notes to the Monk's Tale
11Notes to the Prologue to the Miller's Tale
79THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE.
12Notes to the Miller's Tale
80Notes to the Prologue to the Nun's Priest's Tale
13THE REEVE'S TALE.
81THE TALE. <1>
14Notes to the Prologue to the Reeves Tale.
82Notes to the Nun's Priest's Tale
15THE TALE.<1>
83THE EPILOGUE <1>
16Notes to the Reeve's Tale
84Notes to the Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale
17THE COOK'S TALE.
85THE SECOND NUN'S TALE
18Notes to the Prologue to the Cook's Tale
86Notes to the Nun's Priest's Tale
19THE TALE.
87THE CANON'S YEOMAN'S TALE. <1>
20Notes to the Cook's Tale
88Notes to the Prologue to the Canon's Yeoman's Tale
21THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE.
89THE MANCIPLE'S TALE.
22Notes to the Prologue to The Man of Law's Tale
90Notes to the Prologue to the Manciple's Tale
23THE TALE. <1>
91Notes to the Manciple's Tale
24Notes to the Man of Law's Tale
92THE PARSON'S TALE.
25THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE.
93Notes to the Prologue to the Parson's Tale
26Notes to the Prologue to the Wife of Bath's Tale
94THE TALE. <1>
27THE TALE. <1>
95Notes to the Parson's Tale
28Notes to the Wife of Bath's Tale
96Notes to the Prayer of Chaucer
29THE FRIAR'S TALE.
97THE COURT OF LOVE.: Notes to The Court of Love
30Notes to the Prologue to the Friar's tale
98Notes to The Court of Love
31THE TALE.
99THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE.: Notes to the Cuckoo and the Nightingale
32Notes to the Friar's Tale
100Notes to the Cuckoo and the Nightingale
33THE SOMPNOUR'S TALE.
101THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS.: Notes to The Assembly of Fowls
34Notes to the Prologue to the Sompnour's Tale
102Notes to The Assembly of Fowls
35THE TALE.
103THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF: Notes to the Flower and the Leaf
36Notes to the Sompnour's Tale
104Notes to the Flower and the Leaf
37THE CLERK'S TALE.
105THE HOUSE OF FAME: Notes to The House of Fame
38Notes to the Prologue to the Clerk's Tale
106Notes to The House of Fame
39THE TALE.<1>
107TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.: Notes to Troilus and Cressida (pt. 1)
40Notes to the Clerk's Tale
108TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.: Notes to Troilus and Cressida (pt. 2)
41THE MERCHANT'S TALE.
109Notes to Troilus and Cressida
42Notes to the Prologue to the Merchant's Tale
110CHAUCER'S DREAM.: Notes to Chaucer's Dream
43THE TALE.<l>
111Notes to Chaucer's Dream
44Notes to The Merchant's Tale
112THE PROLOGUE TO THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN.
45THE SQUIRE'S TALE.
113Notes to The prologue to The Legend of Good Women
46Notes to the Prologue to the Squire's Tale
114CHAUCER'S A. B. C. <1> CALLED LA PRIERE DE NOSTRE DAME <2>
47THE TALE.<1>
115Notes to Chaucer's A. B. C.
48Notes to the Squire's Tale
116A GOODLY BALLAD OF CHAUCER.<1>
49THE FRANKLIN'S TALE.
117Notes To a Goodly Ballad Of Chaucer
50Notes to the Prologue to the Franklin's Tale
118A BALLAD SENT TO KING RICHARD.
51THE TALE.
119L'ENVOY OF CHAUCER TO BUKTON. <1>
52Notes to The Franklin's Tale
120Notes to L'Envoy of Chaucer to Bukton.
53THE DOCTOR'S TALE.
121A BALLAD OF GENTLENESS.
54Notes to the Prologue to the Doctor's Tale
122Notes to A Ballad of Gentleness
55THE TALE.
123THE COMPLAINT OF CHAUCER TO HIS PURSE.
56Notes to the Doctor's Tale
124Notes to The Complaint of Chaucer to his Purse
57THE PARDONER'S TALE.
125GOOD COUNSEL OF CHAUCER. <1>
58THE TALE <1>
126Notes to Good Counsel of Chaucer
59Notes to the Pardoner's Tale
127PROVERBS OF CHAUCER. <1>
60THE SHIPMAN'S TALE.
128Notes to Proverbs of Chaucer
61Notes to the Prologue to the Shipman's Tale
129VIRELAY. <1>
62THE TALE. <1>
130Notes to Virelay
63Notes to the Shipman's Tale
131"SINCE I FROM LOVE." <1>
64THE PRIORESS'S TALE.
132Notes to "Since I from Love"
65Notes to the Prologue to the Prioress's Tale.
133CHAUCER'S WORDS TO HIS SCRIVENER.
66THE TALE. <1>
134CHAUCER'S PROPHECY. <1>
67Notes to the Prioress's Tale
135Notes to Chaucer's Prophecy.
68CHAUCER'S TALE OF SIR THOPAS.
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