The Canterbury Tales

The Wife of Bath

describe the wife of bath?

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The Wife of Bath has been married five times, as well as had many affairs, making her an “expert on marriage.” She is deaf in one ear and has a gap between her two front teeth. She is a seamstress by trade, and is representative of medieval decadence.

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The Canterbury Tales