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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is an anthology of twenty-four short stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400. They are mostly in verse, and are presented as part of a fictional storytelling contest held by a group of pilgrims travelling from London to Canterbury in order to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

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GenreClassic fiction· first published 1400

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From the literary period that follows the Norman Conquest, whose literature featured chivalric romances, religious plays, and tales by Geoffrey Chaucer such as these.