The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on the way to a saint's shrine in Canterbury. Many scholars view the poem as one of the great works of English literature.
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Modern English translation. From the Gold Scales site.
Middle English texts of all the Tales in a single text file. You can use your browser's Find command to search for individual words and phrases across the entire set of Tales.
Modern English translation by Ronald L. Ecker and Eugene J. Crook. Highlighted names, places, and terms in the text are hyperlinked to glossary entries.
Modern English translation by A.S. Kline.
A Wikipedia article on the poem. Covers language, sources, genre, structure, style, historical context, themes, and other topics.
Original text in the F.N. Robinson edition.
An edition by W.W. Skeat.
Middle English texts of the Canterbury Tales and other poems by Chaucer. Difficult or unfamiliar words are hyperlinked to corresponding glossary entries. In addition, each Tale has a parallel modern English translation and a bibliography.
Provides texts and interlinear translations of all the tales. Also includes a summary and contextual information for each tale.
An article on the literary role of Chaucer as one of the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales. By E. Talbot Donaldson.
Middle English text of the entire General Prologue (lines 1-858) with parallel Modern English translation. From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Sound recording of the first 18 lines. The reading is accompanied by the Middle English text.
Modern English translation. From the Gold Scales site.
An edition by W.W. Skeat.
Middle English texts of all the Tales in a single text file. You can use your browser's Find command to search for individual words and phrases across the entire set of Tales.
Middle English text of the entire General Prologue (lines 1-858) with parallel Modern English translation. From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
Provides texts and interlinear translations of all the tales. Also includes a summary and contextual information for each tale.
Modern English translation by Ronald L. Ecker and Eugene J. Crook. Highlighted names, places, and terms in the text are hyperlinked to glossary entries.
An article on the literary role of Chaucer as one of the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales. By E. Talbot Donaldson.
Sound recording of the first 18 lines. The reading is accompanied by the Middle English text.
Middle English texts of the Canterbury Tales and other poems by Chaucer. Difficult or unfamiliar words are hyperlinked to corresponding glossary entries. In addition, each Tale has a parallel modern English translation and a bibliography.
Modern English translation by A.S. Kline.
A Wikipedia article on the poem. Covers language, sources, genre, structure, style, historical context, themes, and other topics.
Original text in the F.N. Robinson edition.
