Geoffrey Chaucer

c. 1343–1400

The first great ear for English speech. In the Canterbury Tales he lets people condemn themselves in their own idiom — the beginning of psychological realism in our language.

Frame taleNarrative poetrySatireClassComedyDesirePilgrimage

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Poetry · c. 1387–1400

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Canterbury Tales

c. 1387–1400 · Narrative poetry · Satire

Thirty pilgrims ride to Canterbury and tell tales that give them away.

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