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The Canterbury Tales (14th century)
by Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales presented in the original Middle English version.
They are a collection of stories written at the end of the 14th century; given mostly in verse, (although a number of them are in prose) they are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims during their travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.
The first version of the tales to be published in print is William Caxton's 1478 print edition.

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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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