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Canterbury Tales   /kˈæntərbˌɛri teɪlz/   Listen
Canterbury Tales

noun
1.
An uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer.





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"Canterbury Tales" Quotes from Famous Books



... the greater part of this story beautifully in his "Canterbury Tales;" but he had not the heart to finish it. He refers for the conclusion to his original, hight "Dant," the "grete poete of Itaille;" adding, that Dante will not fail his readers a single word—that is to say, not ...
— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Volume 1 • Leigh Hunt


Words linked to "Canterbury Tales" :   tale, story, narration, narrative


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