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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

CliffsNotes on The Canterbury Tales follows a story-telling contest among a group of pilgrims from various levels of society on their way to the shrine of Saint Thomas à Beckett. Throughout these tales, Chaucer weaves elements of humor, satire, ethics, sin, and redemption, often pitting two story-tellers against one another. The poem The Canterbury Tales was written in Middle English, a common language, at a time when most books were written in Latin or Italian.

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