The Canterbury Tales
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The General Prologue The Knight’s Tale The Miller’s Prologue The Miller’s Tale The Reeve’s Prologue The Reeve’s Tale The Wife of Bath’s Prologue The Wife of Bath’s Tale The Pardoner’s Prologue The Pardoner’s Tale Prologue to Sir Thopas The Tale of Sir Thopas The Host’s Interruption of Chaucer The Nun’s Priest’s Prologue The Nun’s Priest’s Tale The Nun’s Priest’s Tale Epilogue
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All Characters Chaucer The Knight The Squire The Prioress The Monk The Friar The Merchant The Man of Laws The Franklin The Wife of Bath The Reeve The Summoner The Host The carpenter Nicholas Alison Absolon The miller’s wife Jankyn The knight The old woman The queen Sir Thopas Chaunticleer
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The Canterbury Tales

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Geoffrey Chaucer
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