Tales of the Canterbury Pilgrims by  F. J. Harvey Darton


Table of Contents

Front Matter


At the Tabard: The Beginning of the Pilgrimage
The Departure from Southwark
THE KNIGHT'S TALE: Palamon and Arcita Fall Out
THE KNIGHT'S TALE: The Meeting in the Wood
THE KNIGHT'S TALE: The Answer of the Gods
THE KNIGHT'S TALE: The Tournament
"The Miller Is a Churl"
THE COOK'S TALE: Sir Gamelyn
A Sergeant of the Law
THE MAN OF LAW'S TALE: Faithful Constance
Sir Gentle Master, Gentle Mariner!
THE PRIORESS'S TALE: The Boy Martyr
Chaucer and the Monk
THE NUN'S PRIEST'S TALE: The Cock and the Fox
Some English Rogues
THE PHYSICIAN'S TALE: Virginia
A Gentle Pardoner of Rouncival
THE PARDONER'S TALE: Three Revellers and Death
"Who'll Buy My Pardons?"
Dame Alison of Bath
THE WIFE OF BATH'S TALE: The Old Woman and Knight
Hubert the Friar
THE FRIAR'S TALE: The Summoner and the Fiend
The Summoner and the Clerk of Oxford
THE CLERK'S TALE: Patient Griselda
"Griselda is Dead, and Her Patience Too"
The Squire
THE SQUIRE'S TALE: Magic Gifts and False Tercelet
THE SQUIRE'S TALE: The Brethren Three
THE SQUIRE'S TALE: Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves
Epicurus' Own Son
THE FRANKLIN'S TALE: The Rocks Removed
THE SECOND NUN'S TALE: St. Cecilie
The Courteous Strangers
THE CANON YEOMAN'S TALE: The Alchemist
A Quarrel and a Mishap
THE MANCIPLE'S TALE: How Crows Became Black
The Parson
At Canterbury: The Chequer of the Hoop
The Journey Home: John Lydgate's Tale
THE DESTRUCTION OF THEBES: Edippus the Parricide
THE DESTRUCTION OF THEBES: Treachery of Ethiocles
THE DESTRUCTION OF THEBES: The Doom of Thebes
"A Good Tale Needs a Good Will"
THE MERCHANT'S SECOND TALE: The Folly of Beryn
THE MERCHANT'S SECOND TALE: Burgesses of Falsetown
THE MERCHANT'S SECOND TALE: The Land of Lies
THE MERCHANT'S SECOND TALE: Geoffrey, Master-Rogue
The Last of the Pilgrims

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