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by Geoffrey Chaucer
About 73 pages (21,779 words)
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  Author Biography / Context of the Work


  One-Page Plot Summary


  Character Descriptions


  Object/Place Descriptions


  Quotes


  Topic Tracking


      Topic Tracking: Christianity


      Topic Tracking: Loyalty


      Topic Tracking: Sexuality


      Topic Tracking: Violence



  Chapter Summaries


      The General Prologue


      The Knight's Tale


      The Miller's Prologue


      The Miller's Tale


      The Reve's Prologue


      The Reeve's Tale


      The Cook's Prologue


      The Cook's Tale


      Introduction to the Man of Law's Prologue


      The Man of Law's Prologue


      The Man of Law's Tale


      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


      The Clerk's Prologue


      The Clerk's Tale


      The Merchant's Prologue


      The Merchant's Tale


      The Squire's Prologue


      The Squire's Tale


      The Franklin's Prologue


      The Franklin's Tale


      The Physician's Tale


      The Pardoner's Prologue


      The Pardoner's Tale


      The Shipman's Prologue


      The Shipman's Tale


      The Prioress's Prologue


      The Prioress's Tale


      Sir Thopas's Prologue


      Sir Thopas


      The Prologue / Tale of Melibeus


      The Monk's Tale


      The Nun's Priest's Tale


      The Second Nun's Tale


      The Canon Yeoman's Prologue


      The Canon Yeoman's Tale


      The Manciple's Tale


      The Parson's Tale


      Chaucer's Retraction



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