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Canterbury Tales (Middle English)

Name: Canterbury Tales (Middle English)
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

Read by Tony Addison and Jim Locke · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Prologue (57:15)
The Knight's Tale - Part One (44:19)
The Knight's Tale - Part Two (36:55)
The Knight's Tale - Part Three (42:59)
The Knight's Tale - Part Four (46:00)
The Miller's Tale (53:23)
The Reeve's Tale (32:49)
The Cook's Tale (8:36)
The Man of Law's Prologue (12:19)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part One (20:03)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Two (39:14)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Three (21:35)
The Shipman's Tale (34:39)
The Prioress's Tale (20:39)
Chaucer's Tale of Thopas (12:38)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part One (33:35)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Two (30:32)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Three (29:36)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Four (31:47)
The Monk's Tale - Part One (31:01)
The Monk's Tale - Part Two (23:39)
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part One (27:08)
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part Two (16:55)
The Phisician's Tale and Words of the Host (18:35)
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (34:49)
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part One (28:18)
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part Two (20:24)
The Tale of the Wife of Bath (22:27)
The Friar's Prologue and Tale (22:45)
The Summoner's Prologue and Tale (32:04)
The Clerk's Prologue and Tale - Parts One, Two, and Three (34:15)
The Clerk's Tale - Parts Four, Five, and Six and Lenvoy de Chaucer (32:17)
The Marchante's Prologue and Tale - Part One (32:42)
The Marchante's Tale - Part Two - and Epilogue (27:55)
The Squier's Prologue and Tale and Words of the Frankelin (35:13)
The Frankelin's Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (25:14)
The Frankeleyn's Tale - Part 2 (24:23)
The Seconde Nonnes Prologue and Tale (30:45)
The Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (24:20)
The Chanouns Yemannes Tale - Part 2 (25:42)
The Ma(u)nciple's Prologue and Tale (19:57)
The Parson's (Persones) Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (39:02)
The Parson's Tale - Part 2 (37:42)
The Parson's Tale - Part 3 (38:00)
The Parson's Tale - Part 4 (36:59)
The Parson's Tale - Part 5 (26:37)
The Parson's Tale - Part 6 (26:56)
Appendix to Group A - The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 1 (33:02)
The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 2 (20:58)