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Essay Archive - The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch of Chaucer's Knight
The Canterbury Tales: A Character Sketch of Chaucer's Knight
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, written in approximately 1385,
is a collection of twenty-four stories ostensibly told by various people who are
going on a religious pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral from London, England.
Prior to the actual tales, however, Chaucer offers the reader a glimpse of
fourteenth century life by way of what he refers to as a General Prologue. In
this prologue, Chaucer introduces all of the characters who are involved in this
imaginary jo....
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