Facts about Canterbury Tales

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   Chaucer's Canterbury Tales uses a frame narrative structure, with a fictional story-telling competition among pilgrims serving as the device linking all the individual tales.

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   Written in the late 14th century, Canterbury Tales introduced the iambic pentameter couplet form to English literature in a highly influential way.

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   In the Canterbury Tales, a diverse group of pilgrims including a Knight, a Miller, a Pardoner, and a Wife of Bath each tell stories during their journey.

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   The Canterbury Tales remains unfinished, as Chaucer completed only around 24 of the roughly 120 tales he originally planned.

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   Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the Canterbury Tales in Middle English, framing the stories as a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket.

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