The Great Books

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer · c. 1387-1400

The Middle English text in D. Laing Purves's edition, 1870. 46 parts, about 180,997 words, 14 hours of reading. Source edition.

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Contents

  1. The Prologue2 passages · 8,682 words
  2. The Knight’s Tale20,697 words
  3. The Miller’s Tale, the Prologue688 words
  4. The Miller’s Tale, the Tale6,623 words
  5. The Reeve’s Tale, the Prologue807 words
  6. The Reeve’s Tale, the Tale4,050 words
  7. The Cook’s Tale, the Prologue428 words
  8. The Cook’s Tale, the Tale644 words
  9. The Man of Law’s Tale, the Prologue1,006 words
  10. The Man of Law’s Tale, the Tale9,194 words
  11. The Wife of Bath’s Tale, the Prologue1 passage · 8,001 words
  12. The Wife of Bath’s Tale, the Tale3,766 words
  13. The Friar’s Tale, the Prologue400 words
  14. The Friar’s Tale, the Tale3,409 words
  15. The Sompnour’s Tale, the Prologue418 words
  16. The Sompnour’s Tale, the Tale5,564 words
  17. The Clerk’s Tale, the Prologue576 words
  18. The Clerk’s Tale, the Tale9,980 words
  19. THE PROLOGUE.<l>481 words
  20. THE TALE.<l>10,729 words
  21. The Squire’s Tale, the Prologue306 words
  22. The Squire’s Tale, the Tale6,746 words
  23. The Franklin’s Tale, the Prologue619 words
  24. The Franklin’s Tale, the Tale8,198 words
  25. The Doctor’s Tale, the Tale2,467 words
  26. The Pardoner’s Tale, the Prologue1 passage · 485 words
  27. The Pardoner’s Tale, the Tale6,039 words
  28. The Shipman’s Tale, the Prologue356 words
  29. The Shipman’s Tale, the Tale3,954 words
  30. The Prioress’s Tale, the Prologue200 words
  31. The Prioress’s Tale, the Tale2,282 words
  32. Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas, the Prologue262 words
  33. Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas, the Tale1,957 words
  34. Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœus, the Prologue479 words
  35. Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœus, the Tale7,121 words
  36. The Monk’s Tale, the Prologue968 words
  37. The Monk’s Tale, the Tale7,269 words
  38. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, the Prologue595 words
  39. The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, the Tale6,963 words
  40. The Second Nun’s Tale5,008 words
  41. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, the Prologue1,679 words
  42. The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale, the Tale7,037 words
  43. The Manciple’s Tale, the Prologue1,190 words
  44. The Manciple’s Tale, the Tale2,336 words
  45. The Parson’s Tale, the Prologue671 words
  46. The Parson’s Tale, the Tale9,667 words