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The Canterbury Tales (Middle English)

The Canterbury Tales (Middle English)

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Number of Chapters: 49

Length: 24 hours and 18 minutes

Language: Middle English

Chaucer's famous and important work is predicated upon the premise that a group of Christian folks from various occupations, familiar in the Middle Ages and a goodly number of them in the Church, are on a pilgrimage to worship at the burial site of Thomas Becket in the Cathedral at Canterbury. The host suggests that to pass the time each traveler tell a tale. So, we are entertained by quite a variety of stories, almost all of which, though, have a moral purpose. Of course, Chaucer and his folk spoke an English that is between the Anglo-Saxon beginnings, which is totally foreign to us, and the Modern. This form of English, therefore, is called Middle English, which can sometimes sound somewhat familiar and at other times be absolutely incoherent to the modern ear. (Summary by Jim Locke)

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The Prologue (Tony Addison)
The Knight's Tale - Part One (Tony Addison)
The Knight's Tale - Part Two (Tony Addison)
The Knight's Tale - Part Three (Tony Addison)
The Knight's Tale - Part Four (Tony Addison)
The Miller's Tale (Tony Addison)
The Reeve's Tale (Tony Addison)
The Cook's Tale (Tony Addison)
The Man of Law's Prologue (Tony Addison)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part One (Tony Addison)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Two (Tony Addison)
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Three (Tony Addison)
The Shipman's Tale (Tony Addison)
The Prioress's Tale (Tony Addison)
Chaucer's Tale of Thopas (Jim Locke)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part One (Jim Locke)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Two (Jim Locke)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Three (Jim Locke)
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Four (Jim Locke)
The Monk's Tale - Part One (Jim Locke)
The Monk's Tale - Part Two (Jim Locke)
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part One (Jim Locke)
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part Two (Jim Locke)
The Phisician's Tale and Words of the Host (Jim Locke)
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale (Jim Locke)
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part One (Jim Locke)
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part Two (Jim Locke)
The Tale of the Wife of Bath (Jim Locke)
The Friar's Prologue and Tale (Jim Locke)
The Summoner's Prologue and Tale (Jim Locke)
The Clerk's Prologue and Tale - Parts One, Two, and Three (Jim Locke)
The Clerk's Tale - Parts Four, Five, and Six and Lenvoy de Chaucer (Jim Locke)
The Marchante's Prologue and Tale - Part One (Jim Locke)
The Marchante's Tale - Part Two - and Epilogue (Jim Locke)
The Squier's Prologue and Tale and Words of the Frankelin (Jim Locke)
The Frankelin's Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (Jim Locke)
The Frankeleyn's Tale - Part 2 (Jim Locke)
The Seconde Nonnes Prologue and Tale (Jim Locke)
The Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (Jim Locke)
The Chanouns Yemannes Tale - Part 2 (Jim Locke)
The Ma(u)nciple's Prologue and Tale (Jim Locke)
The Parson's (Persones) Prologue and Tale - Part 1 (Jim Locke)
The Parson's Tale - Part 2 (Jim Locke)
The Parson's Tale - Part 3 (Jim Locke)
The Parson's Tale - Part 4 (Jim Locke)
The Parson's Tale - Part 5 (Jim Locke)
The Parson's Tale - Part 6 (Jim Locke)
Appendix to Group A - The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 1 (Jim Locke)
The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 2 (Jim Locke)
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