The Canterbury Tales

Prologue 1
The Knight’s Tale 13
The Words between the Host and the Miller 32
The Miller’s Tale 34
The Reeve’s Prologue 43
The Reeve’s Tale 45
The Cook’s Prologue 51
The Cook’s Tale 52
Introduction to the Lawyer’s Prologue 53
The Lawyer’s Prologue 55
The Lawyer’s Tale 56
The Sailor’s Prologue 69
The Sailor’s Tale 70
The Prioress’s Prologue 76
The Prioress’s Tale 77
Prologue to Sir Thopas 81
Sir Thopas 82
Prologue to Melibeus 85
The Tale of Melibeus 86
The Monk’s Prologue 107
The Monk’s Tale 109
The Prologue to the Nun’s Priest’s Tale 119
The Nun’s Priest’s Tale of the Cock and Hen, Chanticleer and Pertelote 120
Epilogue to the Nun’s Priest’s Tale 128
The Physician’s Tale 129
The Words of the Host to the Physician and the Pardoner 133
The Prologue to the Pardoner’s Tale 134
The Pardoner’s Tale 136
The Wife of Bath’s Prologue 143
The Tale of the Wife of Bath 154
The Friar’s Prologue 160
The Friar’s Tale 161
The Summoner’s Prologue 166
The Summoner’s Tale 167
The Clerk’s Prologue 175
The Clerk’s Tale 176
The Merchant’s Prologue 190
The Merchant’s Tale 191
Epilogue to the Merchant’s Tale 205
The Squire’s Prologue 206
The Squire’s Tale 207
Here Follow the Words of the Franklin to the Squire, and the Words of the Host to the Franklin 216
The Franklin’s Prologue 217
The Franklin’s Tale 218
The Second Nun’s Prologue 229
The Second Nun’s Tale of the Life of Saint Cecilia 231
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue 237
The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale 240
The Manciple’s Prologue 250
The Manciple’s Tale of the Crow 252
The Parson’s Prologue 256
The Parson’s Tale 258
Here the Maker of This Book Takes His Leave 294