British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Canterbury Tales
Read an overview of "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: T He Reeve's Tale
This unsettling tale is looked at in depth in this site that explores, the characters, and themes in one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale
The Miller's Tale is a story contained within The Canterbury Tales. Read about the love triange in the story and the characters involved?
Virginia Tech
The Canterbury Tales: Prologue to Pardoner's Tale
This is the text to the Prologue to the "Pardoner's Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the book The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer including author information, literary elements, tale-by-tale summaries/notes for each of the tales, study questions, and analysis.
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Sogang University: The General Prologue: The Canterbury Tales
This is the complete text of "The General Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It begins with an introduction, followed by lively character portraits, and concludes with the Host suggesting a tale-telling contest.
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Librarius: From the Canterbury Tales: General Prologue
This site offers the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales with the Middle English and Modern English in a side-by-side format, and provides a glossary for unfamiliar terms.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Chaucer's 'The Merchant's Tale': Marriage & Relationships
'The Merchant's Tale' can be viewed as one of the 'marriage' tales in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales". Students can use this series of activities to explore how Chaucer portrays marriage, men and women, and relationships through the...
Harvard University
The Geoffrey Chaucer Page: The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale
This is an interlinear translation of "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It provides the original Middle English line of text followed by a modern English line of text throughout the tale.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 12: Canterbury Tales
Students learn how the stereotypes and characterization of Chaucer's pilgrims reflect his views of religious corruption and social boundaries in the medieval period. They will consider how the themes reflected in the general Prologue...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: T He Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Read and learn more about this fascinating tale in this comprehensive site about The Wife of Bath's Tale.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story
Read background information on The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story in this informative site that includes a look at the characters.
University of Michigan
Making of America: Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims, Retold by K. L. Bates
Digitization of "Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims," an early twentieth-century illustrated version of Chaucer's famous tales.
Towson University
Towson University: Electronic Edition of the General Prologue: Canterbury Tales
This multimedia site is full of useful features, from a video introduction to the purpose of the site, to notes on the text and a reading in Middle English. Information about the background, language and other details are also included.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: The Canterbury Tales: Reading Chaucer Across Time
Through a focus on digitized images of manuscripts and print editions of Chaucer's work, students will develop their understanding of how his poetry has been produced and read over the centuries.
Shmoop University
S Hmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Second Nun's Tale
Found in The Canterbury Tales, the Second Nun's Tale is the story of how a woman converts her husband and brother in law to becoming Christians. Read about the other characters in this fascinating tale.
TES Global
Tes: The Pardoner's Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this PowerPoint lesson, each student will learn how to write a letter that requests a pardon for a personal mistake made. Each student will reply to a letter from a classmate and serve in the...
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Goucher College: "Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale"
The following from the Goucher College are examined in regard to Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale" from "The Canterbury Tales": Genre, Characters, Summary, and Issues and General Research Sources. Some thought-provoking...
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Librarius: "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer
This site details a chronology of Chaucer's life and the historical events that occurred during that time. It also has the Canterbury Tales with the Middle English and Modern English in a side-by-side format, and provides a Glossary for...
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University of St. Thomas: Virtual Medieval Church: Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
Fictionalized Geoffrey Chaucer introduces, you, the reader to The Canterbury Tales.
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Univ. Of Wisconsin: Rare Editions of "Canterbury Tales"
The libraries of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, have published reproductions of a variety of early printings of "The Canterbury Tales." See selected pages from an early fifteenth-century illustrated edition, from a rare...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue
A most interesting character in The Canterbury Tales, the wife of Bath reveals much about herself and others. This site analysis the themes and other characters in this fascinating story.
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Goucher English / General Prologue
This site, prepared for college English literature students, deals with the following aspects of Chaucer's General Prologue from "The Canterbury Tales": Genre, Form, Characters, Summary, Issues, and General Sources. Also contains...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Geoffrey Chaucer
Have your students ever read any of Geoffrey Chaucer's work? Check out this comprehensive site featuring links to several sites focused on his life and "The Canterbury Tales."
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