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- An unfinished collection of stories in prose
- and verse (c. 1387) by Geoffrey Chaucer, told
- by a group of pilgrims on their way to Thomas
- a Becket's tomb at Canterbury. The tales and
- preludes are remarkable for their vivid
- character portrayal and colloquial language.
- Each pilgrim has to tell two stories on the
- way to Canterbury, and two on the way back,
- but only 24 tales were written.
-