The Canterbury Tales

and Other Poems

of Geoffrey Chaucer

Edited for Popular Perusal
by
D. Laing Purves

Contents

[PREFACE]
[LIFE OF CHAUCER]
[THE CANTERBURY TALES]
[The General Prologue]
[The Knight’s Tale]
[The Miller’s tale]
[The Reeve’s Tale]
[The Cook’s Tale]
[The Man of Law’s Tale]
[The Wife of Bath’s Tale]
[The Friar’s Tale]
[The Sompnour’s Tale]
[The Clerk’s Tale]
[The Merchant’s Tale]
[The Squire’s Tale]
[The Franklin’s Tale]
[The Doctor’s Tale]
[The Pardoner’s Tale]
[The Shipman’s Tale]
[The Prioress’s Tale]
[Chaucer’s Tale of Sir Thopas]
[Chaucer’s Tale of Melibœus]
[The Monk’s Tale]
[The Nun’s Priest’s Tale]
[The Second Nun’s Tale]
[The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale]
[The Manciple’s Tale]
[The Parson’s Tale]
[Preces de Chauceres]
[THE COURT OF LOVE <1>]
[THE CUCKOO AND THE NIGHTINGALE <1>]
[THE ASSEMBLY OF FOWLS]
[THE FLOWER AND THE LEAF <1>]
[THE HOUSE OF FAME]
[TROILUS AND CRESSIDA]
[CHAUCER’S DREAM <1>]
[THE PROLOGUE TO THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN]
[CHAUCER’S A.B.C.]
[MISCELLANEOUS POEMS]

Transcriber’s Note.

1. Modern scholars believe that Chaucer was not the author of these poems.