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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 journey and who will tell the....
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