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Subject(s)

• Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages—Poetry [Browse]

Related name

Mann, Jill [Browse]

Series

Penguin classics. [More in this series]

Summary note

Chaucer's work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims have assembled on their way to Canterbury. Harry Bailly, the innkeeper, suggests a contest: whoever tells the best tale will win a supper when they reach Canterbury.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. [785]-794).

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• Abbreviations of the Canterbury tales
• The general prologue
• The knight's tale
• The miller's prologue and tale
• The reeve's prologue and tale
• The cook's prologue and tale
• The man of law's prologue, tale [and epilogue]
• The wife of Bath's prologue and tale
• The friar's prologue and tale
• The summoner's prologue and tale
• The clerk's prologue and tale
• The merchant's prologue, tale and epilogue
• The squire's prologue and tale
• The squire-franklin link, the franklin's prologue and tale
• The physician's tale
• The physician-pardoner link, the pardoner's prologue and tale
• The shipman's tale
• The shipman-prioress link, the prioress's prologue and tale
• The prioress-Sir Thopas link and Sir Thopas.

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ISBN

014042234X (pbk.)

OCLC

57168093

RCP

H - S

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