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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer
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56 pages • 1 hour read

Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer
Fiction | Novel/Book in Verse | Adult | Published in 1400

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Prologue–“Chaucer’s Tales”

“The Monk’s Tale”–“The Pardoner’s Tale”

“The Wife of Bath’s Tale”–“Chaucer’s Retractions”

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