This classic work of medieval literature features the pious and profane stories of commoners on a pilgrimage in fourteenth-century England.
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One of the most famous works of literature written in Middle English, The Canterbury Tales were penned by Geoffrey Chaucer, who was widely regarded as the greatest poet of his time. The stories тАЬrun the gamut of tales known to people in the Middle Ages and include ribald stories such as the тАШMillerтАЩs TaleтАЩ and the тАШReeveтАЩs TaleтАЩ; medieval romances set against ancient backgrounds such as the тАШKnightтАЩs TaleтАЩ; animal fables such as the тАШNunтАЩs PriestтАЩs TaleтАЩ; Arthurian legends such as the тАШWife of BathтАЩs TaleтАЩ; saintтАЩs lives such as the тАЬPrioressтАЩ TaleтАЭ; and the тАЬSecond NunтАЩs TaleтАЭ; tragic tales, sort of, such as the MonkтАЩs TaleтАЩ; and cautionary tales, such as the PardonerтАЩs Tale.тАЩ┬а.┬а.┬а. It is rightly considered one of the masterworks of English literatureтАЭ (The Kansas City Public Library).
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тАЬA raucous read.тАЭ тАФThe Guardian