Introduction: Chaucer's Life -- Chaucer's Works

The Canterbury Tales

[GROUP A]

The Prologue

The Knight's Tale

Words between the Host and the Miller

The Miller's Tale

The Reeve's Prologue

The Reeve's Tale

The Cook's Prologue

The Cook's Tale

[GROUP B]

Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale

The Man of Law's Prologue

The Man of Law's Tale

Epilogue to the Man of Law's Tale

The Shipman's Tale

Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress

The Prioress's Prologue

The Prioress's Tale

Words of the Host to Chaucer

Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz

The Host stops Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz

Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (in synopsis)

Words of the Host to the Monk

The Monks Tale

(Lucifer, Adam, Samson, Hercules, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Zenobia, King Peter of Spain, King Peter of Cyprus, Bernabo Visconti of Lombardy, Count Ugolino of Pisa, Nero, Holofernes, King Antiochus the Illustrious, Alexander, Julius Caesar, Croesus)

Words of the Knight and the Host

The Nun's Priest's Tale

Words of the Host to the Nun's Priest

[GROUP C]

The Physician's Tale

Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner

The Pardoner's Prologue

The Pardoner's Tale

[GROUP D]

The Wife of Bath's Prologue

Words between the Summoner and the Friar

The Wife of Bath's Tale

The Friar's Prologue

The Friar's Tale

The Summoner's Prologue

The Summoner's Tale

[GROUP E]

The Clerk's Prologue

The Clerk's Tale

Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale

The Merchant's Prologue

The Merchant's Tale

Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale

[GROUP F]

The Squire's Prologue

The Squire's Tale

Words of the Franklin to the Squire and of the Host to the Franklin

The Franklin's Prologue

The Franklin's Tale

[GROUP G]

The Second Nun's Prologue

The Second Nun's Tale

The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue

The Canon's Yeoman's Tale

[GROUP H]

The Manciple's Prologue

The Manciple's Tale

[GROUP I]

The Parson's Prologue

The Parson's Tale (in synopsis)

Chaucer's Retractions

Notes