Canterbury Tales (Middle English)

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Literary Fiction

Authors: Geoffrey Chaucer In Year : 0

Book Language: Middle English

Audiobook: Canterbury Tales (Middle English)

The Prologue
The Knight's Tale - Part One
The Knight's Tale - Part Two
The Knight's Tale - Part Three
The Knight's Tale - Part Four
The Miller's Tale
The Reeve's Tale
The Cook's Tale
The Man of Law's Prologue
The Man of Law's Tale - Part One
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Two
The Man of Law's Tale - Part Three
The Shipman's Tale
The Prioress's Tale
Chaucer's Tale of Thopas
The Tale of Melibeus - Part One
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Two
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Three
The Tale of Melibeus - Part Four
The Monk's Tale - Part One
The Monk's Tale - Part Two
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part One
The Nonne Prestes Tale - Part Two
The Phisician's Tale and Words of the Host
The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part One
The Wife of Bath's Prologue - Part Two
The Tale of the Wife of Bath
The Friar's Prologue and Tale
The Summoner's Prologue and Tale
The Clerk's Prologue and Tale - Parts One, Two, and Three
The Clerk's Tale - Parts Four, Five, and Six and Lenvoy de Chaucer
The Marchante's Prologue and Tale - Part One
The Marchante's Tale - Part Two - and Epilogue
The Squier's Prologue and Tale and Words of the Frankelin
The Frankelin's Prologue and Tale - Part 1
The Frankeleyn's Tale - Part 2
The Seconde Nonnes Prologue and Tale
The Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale - Part 1
The Chanouns Yemannes Tale - Part 2
The Ma(u)nciple's Prologue and Tale
The Parson's (Persones) Prologue and Tale - Part 1
The Parson's Tale - Part 2
The Parson's Tale - Part 3
The Parson's Tale - Part 4
The Parson's Tale - Part 5
The Parson's Tale - Part 6
Appendix to Group A - The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 1
The Tale of Gamelyn - Part 2

Chaucer's famous and important work is predicated upon the premise that a group of Christian folks from various occupations, familiar in the Middle Ages and a goodly number of them in the Church, are on a pilgrimage to worship at the burial site of Thomas Becket in the Cathedral at Canterbury. The host suggests that to pass the time each traveler tell a tale. So, we are entertained by quite a variety of stories, almost all of which, though, have a moral purpose. Of course, Chaucer and his folk spoke an English that is between the Anglo-Saxon beginnings, which is totally foreign to us, and the Modern. This form of English, therefore, is called Middle English, which can sometimes sound somewhat familiar and at other times be absolutely incoherent to the modern ear. (Summary by Jim Locke)