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The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems

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)

Year of Publication: Genres: Published before 1800

Running Time: 27 hours 32 minutes 50 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface by D. Laing Purves Rel22	12:38
2	Life of Geoffrey Chaucer Beeswaxcandle	52:07
3	The Prologue Mark Leder	45:07
4	The Knight's Tale Nichole Di Dio	51:32
5	The Knight's Tale Continued Nichole Di Dio	57:27
6	The Miller's Tale Brize C	41:29
7	The Reeve's Tale DJRickyV	37:03
8	The Cook's Tale Alan Mapstone	7:13
9	Prologue to The Man of Law's Tale Brize C	5:44
10	The Man of Law's Tale Brize C	59:12
11	Prologue toThe Wife of Bath's Tale amkelleymd	45:43
12	The Wife of Bath's Tale Cynthia Malone	26:03
13	The Friar's Tale Timbray Shafer	23:13
14	The Sompnour's Tale Brize C	35:31
15	The Clerk's Tale Brize C	34:13
16	The Clerk's Tale Continued Brize C	33:49
17	The Merchant's Tale Victoria Quint	30:05
18	The Merchant's Tale Continued Victoria Quint	31:16
19	The Squire's Tale Joanna Michal Hoyt	29:07
20	The Franklin's Tale Cynthia Malone	52:10
21	The Doctor's Tale Beeswaxcandle	14:45
22	The Pardoner's Tale Mark Leder	37:33
23	The Shipman's Tale Brize C	25:47
24	The Prioress's Tale Cat Sadler	11:47
25	Chaucer's Tale of Sir Thopas Brize C	10:12
26	Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus Brize C	44:15
27	The Monk's Tale C. Rowley	53:14
28	The Nun's Priest's Tale BerthaMason	37:45
29	The Second Nun's Tale Brize C	30:47
30	Prologue to The Canon's Yeoman's Tale Brize C	9:47
31	The Canon's Yeoman's Tale Brize C	42:40
32	The Manciple's Tale KevinS	18:41
33	The Parson's Tale Rel22	41:51
34	The Parson's Tale Continued Rel22	34:04
35	Prayer of Chaucer Rel22	5:35
36	Introduction to The Court of Love Nichole Di Dio	4:30
37	The Court of Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Cbteddy	56:52
38	The Cuckoo and the Nightingale (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Rel22	29:22
39	The Assembly of Fowls Brize C	44:42
40	The Flower and the Leaf (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Cbteddy	31:40
41	The House of Fame Brize C	38:44
42	The House of Fame Continued Brize C	34:05
43	Troilus and Cressida Brize C	26:01
44	The Second Book Brize C	26:51
45	The Third Book Brize C	37:39
46	The Fourth Book Brize C	35:05
47	The Fifth Book Mark Leder	34:38
48	Chaucer's Dream (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Rel22	44:05
49	The Prologue to The Legend of Good Women Brize C	37:08
50	Chaucer's A.B.C. Andrew Mauls Byron	16:22
51	A Goodly Ballad of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Rel22	5:55
52	A Ballad Sent to King Richard Rel22	2:48
53	L'Envoy of Chaucer to Bukton Brize C	2:17
54	A Ballad of Gentleness Timbray Shafer	1:40
55	A Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse Rel22	2:53
56	Good Counsel of Chaucer Timbray Shafer	1:54
57	The Proverbs of Chaucer (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Timbray Shafer	1:46
58	Virelay (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Rel22	2:35
59	Since I From Love (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) JessiB	1:14
60	Chaucer's Words to His Scrivener and Chaucer's Prophecy (no longer believed to have been written by Chaucer) Rel22	2:39