Tales from Chaucer

by Charles Cowden Clarke

[1833]

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This is a modern retelling of the highlights of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. While it is written for a younger audience, readers of any age can enjoy these timeless stories, illustrated by witty fairy-tale style color drawings by Arthur Szyk.

Also at this site: Chaucer in Middle English.

Title Page
Contents
To My Young Readers
To An Adult Reader
Introduction
The Prologue
The Knight's Tale
The Lawyer's Tale
The Student's Tale
The Wife of Bath
The Squire's Tale
The Pardoner's Tale
The Nun's Priest's Tale
The Cook's Tale of Gamelin
The Canon's Yeoman's Tale