The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

Author(s): Geoffrey Chaucer, D. Laing Purves

Narrators: Rel22, Beeswaxcandle, Mark Leder, Nichole Di Dio, Brize C, DJRickyV, Alan Mapstone, Amkelleymd, Cynthia Malone, Timbray Shafer, Victoria Quint, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Cat Sadler, C. Rowley, BerthaMason, KevinS, Cbteddy, Andrew Mauls Byron, JessiB

Number of Chapters: 60

Length: 27 hours and 32 minutes

Language: English

Generally considered to be the first book written in English (rather than Latin, French or Italian), Chaucer's magnum opus is a collection of stories as told by a group of pilgrims at Canterbury. It shows Chaucer's knowledge of a wide variety of story-telling styles, with oral storytelling being the norm at that time. It is widely believed by modern scholars that this work was unfinished at his death. This book also includes other poems, some of which are no longer attributed to him. David Laing Purves edited Chaucer's work to make it more accessible to more modern audiences, and has added many notes and explanations, which can be found in the text.(Summary by LynneT)

Preface by D. Laing Purves (Rel22)

Life of Geoffrey Chaucer (Beeswaxcandle)

The Prologue (Mark Leder)

The Knight's Tale (Nichole Di Dio)

The Knight's Tale Continued (Nichole Di Dio)

The Miller's Tale (Brize C)

The Reeve's Tale (DJRickyV)

The Cook's Tale (Alan Mapstone)

Prologue to The Man of Law's Tale (Brize C)

The Man of Law's Tale (Brize C)

Prologue toThe Wife of Bath's Tale (amkelleymd)

The Wife of Bath's Tale (Cynthia Malone)

The Friar's Tale (Timbray Shafer)

The Sompnour's Tale (Brize C)

The Clerk's Tale (Brize C)

The Clerk's Tale Continued (Brize C)

The Merchant's Tale (Victoria Quint)

The Merchant's Tale Continued (Victoria Quint)

The Squire's Tale (Joanna Michal Hoyt)

The Franklin's Tale (Cynthia Malone)

The Doctor's Tale (Beeswaxcandle)

The Pardoner's Tale (Mark Leder)

The Shipman's Tale (Brize C)

The Prioress's Tale (Cat Sadler)

Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas (Brize C)

Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus (Brize C)

The Monk's Tale (C. Rowley)

The Nun's Priest's Tale (BerthaMason)

The Second Nun's Tale (Brize C)

Prologue to The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Brize C)

The Canon's Yeoman's Tale (Brize C)

The Manciple's Tale (KevinS)

The Parson's Tale (Rel22)

The Parson's Tale Continued (Rel22)

Prayer of Chaucer (Rel22)

Introduction to The Court of Love (Nichole Di Dio)

The Court of Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Cbteddy)

The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Rel22)

The Assembly of Fowls (Brize C)

The Flower and the Leaf (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Cbteddy)

The House of Fame (Brize C)

The House of Fame Continued (Brize C)

Troilus and Cressida (Brize C)

The Second Book (Brize C)

The Third Book (Brize C)

The Fourth Book (Brize C)

The Fifth Book (Mark Leder)

Chaucer's Dream (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Rel22)

The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women (Brize C)

Chaucer's A.B.C. (Andrew Mauls Byron)

A Goodly Ballad of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Rel22)

A Ballad Sent to King Richard (Rel22)

L'Envoy of Chaucer to Bukton (Brize C)

A Ballad of Gentleness (Timbray Shafer)

A Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse (Rel22)

Good Counsel of Chaucer (Timbray Shafer)

The Proverbs of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Timbray Shafer)

Virelay (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Rel22)

Since I From Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (JessiB)

Chaucer's Words to His Scrivener and Chaucer's Prophecy (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) (Rel22)

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