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This page provides the background for Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, a series of 22 short stories from 29 pilgrims traveling from Canterbury to Kent. It begins with a prologue that sets up the frame story and introduces the characters. It provides links to the prologue in text and audio, an essay about the prologue, a letter to the Pope about Becket's murder, a website that provides the entire text of the tales in a modern translation, and information about Thomas Becket.
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" the canterbury tales" by geoffrey chaucer, "background: the canterbury tales", "the general prologue" (lines 547-68) audio, essay on the general prologue, georgia virtual learning, letter to the pope about the murder of becket, middle english with translation, thomas becket, the archbishop of canterbury, frame story, pilgrims traveling from canterbury to kent, canterbury tales
Classroom Considerations
- Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)