The Canterbury Tales

General Prologue





The Knight's Tale @



The Miller's Tale
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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)