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This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 112 pages of information about The Canterbury Pilgrims.

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Start of eBook	1
THE CANTERBURY PILGRIMS	1
PROLOGUE	1
TALES OF THE FIRST DAY	4
THE MILLER’S TALE OF A CARPENTER OUTWITTED	10
THE REEVE’S TALE OF THE MILLER OF TRUMPINGTON	13
TALES OF THE SECOND DAY	16
THE MAN OF LAW’S TALE OF THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEYINGS OF CONSTANCE	16
THE PRIORESS’S TALE OF A LITTLE CHRISTIAN MARTYR	20
CHAUCER’S RIME OF SIR THOPAS [*]	21
THE MONK’S TALE OF DIVERSE MEN WHO FELL INTO MISFORTUNE	23
LUCIFER	23
ADAM	23
HUGELINO, COUNT OF PISA	23
HOLOFERNES	24
THE NUN’S PRIEST’S TALE OF CHANTICLEER	25
TALES OF THE THIRD DAY	27
THE PARDONER’S TALE OF THE MEN WHO WOULD SLAY DEATH	29
THE WIFE OF BATH’S TALE OF THE QUEEN’S RIDDLE	33
THE FRIAR’S TALE OF THE WICKED SUMMONER	35
THE CLERK’S TALE OF THE PATIENT WIFE	37
THE YEOMAN’S TALE OF GAMELYN	43
TALES OF THE FOURTH DAY	49
THE SQUIRE’S TALE OF CAMBUSKAN AND CANACEE	49
THE FRANKLIN’S TALE OF THREE GENEROUS SOULS	53
INVOCATION TO MARY	57
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THE SECOND NUN’S TALE	58
THE CANON’S YEOMAN’S TALE OF A CUNNING ALCHEMIST	61
THE PARSON’S HOMILY ON PENITENCE	65
THE AUTHOR TAKES LEAVE OF HIS READERS	66

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