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-{{Template}}'''''The Canterbury Tales''''' is a collection of [[short stories]] written by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] in the [[14th century]] (two of them in [[prose]], the rest in [[Meter (poetry)|verse]]). The [[tale]]s, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a [[frame tale]] and told by a collection of [[pilgrim]]s on a pilgrimage from [[London Borough of Southwark|Southwark]] to [[Canterbury]] to visit the shrine of [[Saint]] [[Thomas Becket]] at [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. ''The Canterbury Tales'' are written in [[Middle English]]. Although the tales are considered to be his [[magnum opus]], some believe the structure of the tales are indebted to the works of [[The Decameron]] which [[Chaucer]] is said to have read when he visited [[Italy]] in the [[14th century]].+{{Template}}'''''The Canterbury Tales''''' is a collection of [[short stories]] written by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]] in the [[14th century]] (two of them in [[prose]], the rest in [[Meter (poetry)|verse]]). The [[tale]]s, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a [[frame tale]] and told by a collection of [[pilgrim]]s on a pilgrimage to [[Canterbury]] to visit the shrine of [[Thomas Becket]]. ''The Canterbury Tales'' are written in [[Middle English]]. Although the tales are considered to be his [[magnum opus]], some believe the structure of the tales are indebted to the works of [[The Decameron]] which [[Chaucer]] is said to have read when he visited [[Italy]] in the [[14th century]].
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The Canterbury Tales is a collection of short stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Thomas Becket. The Canterbury Tales are written in Middle English. Although the tales are considered to be his magnum opus, some believe the structure of the tales are indebted to the works of The Decameron which Chaucer is said to have read when he visited Italy in the 14th century.




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