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Chaucer as a Pilgrim, from the Ellesmere Manuscript [15th cent.] (Public Domain Image)

The Canterbury Tales and Other Works of Chaucer (Middle English)

by Geoffrey Chaucer

[14th cent.]

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This is the complete corpus of Geoffrey Chaucers' works in Middle English.

Also at this site: Tales from Chaucer.

The Canterbury Tales

General Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Miller's Prologue
The Miller's Tale
The Reeve's Prologue
The Reeve's Tale
The Cook's Prologue
The Cook's Tale
The Man of Law's Introduction and Prologue
The Man of Law's Tale
The Man of Law's Epilogue
The Wife of Bath's Prologue
The Wife of Bath's Tale
The Friar's Prologue
The Friar's Tale
The Summoner's Prologue
The Summoner's Tale
The Clerk's Prologue
The Clerk's Tale
The Merchant's Prologue
The Merchant's Tale
The Merchant's Epilogue
The Squire's Introduction
The Squire's Tale
The Franklin's Prologue
The Franklin's Tale
The Physician's Tale
The Pardoner's Introduction and Prologue
The Pardoner's Tale
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress' Prologue
The Prioress' Tale
The Prologue to the Tale of Sir Thopas
The Tale of Sir Thopas
The Tale of Melibee
The Monk's Prologue
The Monk's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Prologue
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Epilogue
The Second Nun's Prologue
The Second Nun's Tale
The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale
The Manciple's Prologue
The Manciple's Tale
The Parson's Prologue
The Parson's Tale
Chaucer's Retraction

Other Works

The Book of the Duchess
The House of Fame
Anelida and Arcite
The Parliament of Fowls

Boece

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5

Troilus and Criseyde

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5

The Legend of Good Women

Prologue F
Prologue G
The Legends

The Shorter Poems

An ABC
The Complaint Unto Pity
A Complaint to His Lady
The Complaint of Mars
The Complaint of Venus
To Rosemounde
Womanly Noblesse
Chaucers Wordes unto Adam, His Owne Scriveyn
The Former Age
Fortune
Truth
Gentilesse
Lak of Stedfastnesse
Lenvoy de Chaucer a Scogan
Lenvoy de Chaucer a Bukton
The Complaint of Chaucer to His Purse
Proverbs
Against Women Unconstant
Complaynt D'Amours
Merciles Beaute
A Balade of Complaint

A Treatise on the Astrolabe

The Romaunt of the Rose

Fragment A
Fragment B
Fragment C