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The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems

Name: The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer; ed. David Laing Purves

Read by LibriVox volunteers · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · Translated by D. Laing Purves

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Chapters

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00 - Preface by D. Laing Purves (12:38)
01 - Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (52:07)
02 - The Prologue (45:07)
03 - The Knight's Tale (51:32)
04 - The Knight's Tale Continued (57:27)
05 - The Miller's Tale (41:29)
06 - The Reeve's Tale (37:03)
07 - The Cook's Tale (7:13)
08 - Prologue to The Man of Law's Tale (5:44)
09 - The Man of Law's Tale (59:12)
10 - Prologue toThe Wife of Bath's Tale (45:43)
11 - The Wife of Bath's Tale (26:03)
12 - The Friar's Tale (23:13)
13 - The Sompnour's Tale (35:31)
14 - The Clerk's Tale (34:13)
15 - The Clerk's Tale Continued (33:49)
16 - The Merchant's Tale (30:05)
17 - The Merchant's Tale Continued (31:16)
18 - The Squire's Tale (29:07)
19 - The Franklin's Tale (52:10)
20 - The Doctor's Tale (14:45)
21 - The Pardoner's Tale (37:34)
22 - The Shipman's Tale (25:47)
23 - The Prioress's Tale (11:47)
24 - Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas (10:12)
25 - Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus (44:15)
26 - The Monk's Tale (53:15)
27 - The Nun's Priest's Tale (37:45)
28 - The Second Nun's Tale (30:47)
29 - Prologue to The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (9:47)
30 - The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (42:40)
31 - The Manciple's Tale (18:41)
32 - The Parson's Tale (41:51)
33 - The Parson's Tale Continued (34:04)
34 - Prayer of Chaucer (5:35)
35 - Introduction to The Court of Love (4:30)
36 - The Court of Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (56:52)
37 - The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (29:22)
38 - The Assembly of Fowls (44:42)
39 - The Flower and the Leaf (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (31:40)
40 - The House of Fame (38:44)
41 - The House of Fame Continued (34:05)
42 - Troilus and Cressida (26:01)
43 - The Second Book (26:51)
44 - The Third Book (37:39)
45 - The Fourth Book (35:05)
46 - The Fifth Book (34:38)
47 - Chaucer's Dream (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (44:05)
48 - The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women (37:08)
49 - Chaucer's A.B.C. (16:22)
50 - A Goodly Ballad of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (5:55)
51 - A Ballad Sent to King Richard (2:48)
52 - L'Envoy of Chaucer to Bukton (2:17)
53 - A Ballad of Gentleness (1:40)
54 - A Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse (2:53)
55 - Good Counsel of Chaucer (1:54)
56 - The Proverbs of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (1:46)
57 - Virelay (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (2:35)
58 - Since I From Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (1:14)
59 - Chaucer's Words to His Scrivener and Chaucer's Prophecy (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (2:39)

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