# The Canterbury Tales

by [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://localbooks.app/authors/geoffrey-chaucer)

- Genres: [Поэмы](https://localbooks.app/genres/poetry/narrative-poetry), [Юмор и сатира](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/humor-and-satire)
- Set in: [Лондон, Англия, Великобритания](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/london); [Кентербери, Англия, Великобритания](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/canterbury)
- Audience: Adult

## Description

Thirty-odd pilgrims meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark and agree to a storytelling contest on the road to Becket's shrine at Canterbury. A knight, a miller, a prioress and the much-married Wife of Bath each tell a tale, from courtly romance to bawdy farce.

## Where to buy

- [Standard Ebooks (ebook)](https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/geoffrey-chaucer/the-canterbury-tales)

Read a free sample: https://localbooks.app/books/the-canterbury-tales/read/1 (67 chapters, 181771 words)

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