General Prologue
The Knight's Tale @
The Miller's Tale @
The Reeves Tale
The Cook's Tale
The Man of Law's Tale
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Friar's Tale
The Summoner's Tale
The Clerk's Tale
The Merchant's Tale
The Squire's Tale
The Franklin's Tale
The Physician's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress' Tale
The Tale of Sir Thopas
The Monk's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale
Chaucer as a Pilgrim from the Ellesmere manuscript
The Miller, in the lead, piping the band out of Southwark; the Host of Tabard Inn; the Knight, followed by his son, the young Squire, on a white palfrey; a Yeoman; the Doctor of Physic; Chaucer, riding with his back to the observer, as he talks to the Lawyer; the Clerk of Oxenford, reading his beloved classics; the Manciple; the Sailor; the Prioress; the Nun; and three priests.@The Merchant, with his Flemish beaver hat and forked beard; the Friar; the Monk; the Franklin; the Wife of Bath; the Parson and his brother the Ploughman, riding side by side@Ezra Winter, Canterbury tales mural (1939), Library of Congress John Adams Building, Washington, D.C.
by Geoffrey Chaucer
(ca. 1387)