The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Contains

Original publication date

1478

People/Characters

The Wife of Bath/Alisoun/Alyson/Alys; Geoffrey Chaucer; The Knight; Kelmscott Press; The Miller; The Reeve (show all 48); The Cook; The Man of Law; The Friar (Hubert); The Summoner; The Clerk; The Merchant; The Squire; The Franklin; The Physician; The Pardoner; The Shipman; The Prioress; The Monk; The Nun's Priest; The Manciple; The Canon; The Parson; Chaucer the Pilgrim; Harry Bailley, the Host; Troilus; Cressida; Anelida; Arcite; Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster; Cleopatra VII; Pyramus; Thisbe; Aeneas; Dido; Hypsipyle; Medea; Lucretia (Lucrece); Ariadne; Philomela; Phyllis; Demophon; Hypermnestra; Dorigen; Griselda; Theseus; Emelye; Palamon

Important places

Canterbury, Kent, England, UK; The Tabard, Southwark, London, England, UK; Southwark, London, England, UK; Troy

Important events

Trojan War

Dedication

To My Beloved Wife

First words

Introduction:  An eminent French critic of the last generation, complaining that the biographers of men of letters had given more attention to their correspondence, diaries, and other intimate records than to thei... (show all)r literary productions, expressed the fear that his period in criticism might be remembered as "I age des petits papiers."

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Romaunt of the Rose:
If ye wol you now confesse,
And leave your synnes, more and lesse,
Without abode, knele down anon,
And you shal have absolucion.