The Canterbury tales / Geoffrey Chaucer ; translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill.

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In The Canterbury Tales Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce. A story-telling competition between a group of pilgrims from all walks of life is the occasion for a series of tales that range from the Knight's account of courtly love and the ebullient Wife of Bath's Arthurian legend, to the ribald anecdotes of the Miller and the Cook.

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• Introduction: Chaucer's Life--Chaucer's Works (p. xi)
• Group A
• The Prologue (p. 3)
• The Knight's Tale (p. 26)
• Words between the Host and the Miller (p. 86)
• The Miller's Tale (p. 88)
• The Reeve's Prologue (p. 106)
• The Reeve's Tale (p. 108)
• The Cook's Prologue (p. 119)
• The Cook's Tale (p. 120)
• Group B
• Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale (p. 122)
• The Man of Law's Prologue (p. 125)
• The Man of Law's Tale (p. 126)
• Epilogue to the Man of Law's Tale (p. 156)
• The Shipman's Tale (p. 157)
• Words of the Host to the Shipman and the Prioress (p. 169)
• The Prioress's Prologue (p. 169)
• The Prioress's Tale (p. 170)
• Words of the Host to Chaucer (p. 176)
• Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz (p. 177)
• The Host stops Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topaz (p. 183)
• Chaucer's Tale of Melibee (in synopsis) (p. 185)
• Words of the Host to the Monk (p. 186)
• The Monks Tale (p. 189)
• 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 (p. 213)
• The Nun's Priest's Tale (p. 214)
• Words of the Host to the Nun's Priest (p. 231)
• Group C
• The Physician's Tale (p. 232)
• Words of the Host to the Physician and to the Pardoner (p. 239)
• The Pardoner's Prologue (p. 241)
• The Pardoner's Tale (p. 244)
• Group D
• The Wife of Bath's Prologue (p. 258)
• Words between the Summoner and the Friar (p. 280)
• The Wife of Bath's Tale (p. 281)
• The Friar's Prologue (p. 292)
• The Friar's Tale (p. 293)
• The Summoner's Prologue (p. 303)
• The Summoner's Tale (p. 305)
• Group E
• The Clerk's Prologue (p. 320)
• The Clerk's Tale (p. 322)
• Chaucer's Envoy to the Clerk's Tale (p. 354)
• The Merchant's Prologue (p. 356)
• The Merchant's Tale (p. 357)
• Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale (p. 388)
• Group F
• The Squire's Prologue (p. 389)
• The Squire's Tale (p. 389)
• Words of the Franklin to the Squire and of the Host to the Franklin (p. 407)
• The Franklin's Prologue (p. 408)
• The Franklin's Tale (p. 409)
• Group G
• The Second Nun's Prologue (p. 433)
• The Second Nun's Tale (p. 437)
• The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue (p. 449)
• The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (p. 454)
• Group H
• The Manciple's Prologue (p. 475)
• The Manciple's Tale (p. 478)
• Group I
• The Parson's Prologue (p. 485)
• The Parson's Tale (in synopsis) (p. 487)
• Chaucer's Retractions (p. 489)
• Notes (p. 490)