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Canterbury tales

Chaucer's work begins at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, England, where a group of pilgrims have assembled on their way to Canterbury. Harry Bailly, the innkeeper, suggests a contest: whoever tells the best tale will win a supper when they reach Canterbury
Print Book, English, ©1934
International Collectors Library, Garden City, N.Y., ©1934
poetry
xvi, [627] pages : illustrations (portrait) ; 22 cm
9780140424386, 0140424385
31303799
The knight's tale
The miller's tale
The man of law's tale
The clerk's tale
The second nun's tale
The friar's tale
The nun's priest's tale
The reeve's tale
The franklin's tale
The wife of Bath's tale
The monk's tale
The pardoner's tale
The prioress's tale
Chaucer's tale of Melibee
"Typography by Robert Josephy"--Title page verso