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LibriVox recording of The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a group of pilgrims on their way from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The themes of the tales vary, and include topics such as courtly love, treachery, and avarice. The genres also vary, and include romance, Breton lai, sermon, beast fable, and fabliau. The characters, introduced in the General Prologue of the book, tell tales of great cultural relevance. The version read here was edited by D. Laing Purves "for popular perusal" and the language is mostly updated. (Summary by Wikipedia/Gesine)

M4B audiobook of complete book

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Artist/Composer: Geoffrey Chaucer Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

1	01	Preface	6:21
2	02	The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer	58:18
3	03	The General Prologue	39:00
4	04a	The Knight's Tale	1:06:21
5	04b	The Knight's Tale	1:19:51
6	05	The Miller's Tale	54:42
7	06	The Reeve's Tale	23:26
8	07	The Cook's Tale	7:51
9	08	The Man Of Law's Tale	1:19:51
10	09	The Wife of Bath's Tale	1:03:23
11	10	The Friar's Tale	22:53
12	11	The Sompnour's Tale	43:03
13	12	The Clerk's Tale	1:20:06
14	13	The Merchant's Tale	1:21:25
15	14	The Squire's Tale	31:34
16	15	The Franklin's Tale	43:41
17	16	The Doctor's Tale	17:01
18	17	The Pardoner's Tale	40:02
19	18	The Shipman's Tale	27:36
20	19	The Prioress's Tale	15:06
21	20	The Tale of Sir Thopas	10:12
22	21	Chaucer's Tale of Meliboeus	36:01
23	22	The Monk's Tale	47:29
24	23	The Nun's Priest's Tale	47:07
25	24	The Second Nun's Tale	27:43
26	25	The Canons Yeoman's Tale	37:28
27	26	The Manciple's Tale	17:04
28	27	The Parson's Tale	54:58
29	28	Preces de Chauceres	3:48