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Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Canterbury Tales
    • I
      • The General Prologue
      • The Knight’s Tale
      • The Miller’s Prologue
      • The Miller’s Tale
      • The Reeve’s Prologue
      • The Reeve’s Tale
      • The Cook’s Prologue
      • The Cook’s Tale
    • II
      • Introduction to the Man of Law’s Tale
      • The Man of Law’s Prologue
      • The Man of Law’s Tale
    • III
      • The Shipman’s Prologue
      • The Shipman’s Tale
      • The Shipman’s Epilogue
      • The Prioress’s Prologue
      • The Prioress’s Tale
      • The Prologue to Sir Thopas
      • Sir Thopas
      • The Prologue to Melibeus
      • Melibeus
      • The Monk’s Prologue
      • The Monk’s Tale
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Epilogue
    • IV
      • The Physician’s Tale
      • The Physician’s Epilogue
      • The Pardoner’s Prologue
      • The Pardoner’s Tale
    • V
      • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
      • The Wife of Bath’s Tale
      • The Friar’s Prologue
      • The Friar’s Tale
      • The Summoner’s Prologue
      • The Summoner’s Tale
    • VI
      • The Clerk’s Prologue
      • The Clerk’s Tale
    • VII
      • The Merchant’s Prologue
      • The Merchant’s Tale
      • The Merchant’s Epilogue
    • VIII
      • The Squire’s Prologue
      • The Squire’s Tale
      • The Squire’s Epilogue
      • The Franklin’s Prologue
      • The Franklin’s Tale
    • IX
      • The Second Nun’s Prologue
      • The Second Nun’s Tale
      • The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue
      • The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
    • X
      • The Manciple’s Prologue
      • The Manciple’s Tale
      • The Parson’s Prologue
      • The Parson’s Tale
      • Chaucer’s Retraction
  • Other Works
    • Romaunt of the Rose
    • The Minor Poems
      • An A. B. C.
      • The Complaint unto Pity
      • The Book of the Duchess
      • The Complaint of Mars
      • The Parliament of Fowls
      • A Complaint to his Lady
      • Anelida and Arcite
      • Chaucer’s Words unto Adam
      • The Former Age
      • Fortune
      • Merciless Beauty
      • Ballade
      • Truth
      • Gentilesse
      • Lack of Steadfastness
      • Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan
      • Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton
      • The Complaint of Venus
      • The Complaint of Chaucer to his Empty Purse
      • Proverbs
      • Against Women Unconstant
      • An Amorous Complaint
      • A Ballade of Complaint
      • Womanly Noblesse
    • Boethius De Consolatione Philosophie
    • The House of Fame
    • The Legend of Good Women
    • A Treatise on the Astrolabe
    • Troilus and Criseyde
      • Book I
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      • Book III
      • Book IV
      • Book V
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  • The Canterbury Tales
    • I
      • The General Prologue
      • The Knight’s Tale
      • The Miller’s Prologue
      • The Miller’s Tale
      • The Reeve’s Prologue
      • The Reeve’s Tale
      • The Cook’s Prologue
      • The Cook’s Tale
    • II
      • Introduction to the Man of Law’s Tale
      • The Man of Law’s Prologue
      • The Man of Law’s Tale
    • III
      • The Shipman’s Prologue
      • The Shipman’s Tale
      • The Shipman’s Epilogue
      • The Prioress’s Prologue
      • The Prioress’s Tale
      • The Prologue to Sir Thopas
      • Sir Thopas
      • The Prologue to Melibeus
      • Melibeus
      • The Monk’s Prologue
      • The Monk’s Tale
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Tale
      • The Nun’s Priest’s Epilogue
    • IV
      • The Physician’s Tale
      • The Physician’s Epilogue
      • The Pardoner’s Prologue
      • The Pardoner’s Tale
    • V
      • The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
      • The Wife of Bath’s Tale
      • The Friar’s Prologue
      • The Friar’s Tale
      • The Summoner’s Prologue
      • The Summoner’s Tale
    • VI
      • The Clerk’s Prologue
      • The Clerk’s Tale
    • VII
      • The Merchant’s Prologue
      • The Merchant’s Tale
      • The Merchant’s Epilogue
    • VIII
      • The Squire’s Prologue
      • The Squire’s Tale
      • The Squire’s Epilogue
      • The Franklin’s Prologue
      • The Franklin’s Tale
    • IX
      • The Second Nun’s Prologue
      • The Second Nun’s Tale
      • The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue
      • The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale
    • X
      • The Manciple’s Prologue
      • The Manciple’s Tale
      • The Parson’s Prologue
      • The Parson’s Tale
      • Chaucer’s Retraction
  • Other Works
    • Romaunt of the Rose
    • The Minor Poems
      • An A. B. C.
      • The Complaint unto Pity
      • The Book of the Duchess
      • The Complaint of Mars
      • The Parliament of Fowls
      • A Complaint to his Lady
      • Anelida and Arcite
      • Chaucer’s Words unto Adam
      • The Former Age
      • Fortune
      • Merciless Beauty
      • Ballade
      • Truth
      • Gentilesse
      • Lack of Steadfastness
      • Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan
      • Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton
      • The Complaint of Venus
      • The Complaint of Chaucer to his Empty Purse
      • Proverbs
      • Against Women Unconstant
      • An Amorous Complaint
      • A Ballade of Complaint
      • Womanly Noblesse
    • Boethius De Consolatione Philosophie
    • The House of Fame
    • The Legend of Good Women
    • A Treatise on the Astrolabe
    • Troilus and Criseyde
      • Book I
      • Book II
      • Book III
      • Book IV
      • Book V
  • Resources
    • Posts
    • Glossary
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