The Canterbury Tales
Some thirty pilgrims meet at a Southwark inn and agree to tell stories on the road to Canterbury, with a free supper for whoever tells the best. Knight, miller, pardoner, wife of Bath and the rest take turns, quarrelling with and answering each other as they ride. A whole society talking in one voice each.
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- influenced by ↑ Aesop's Fables
- influenced by ↑ The Decameron
- influenced by ↑ The Romance of the Rose
- influenced by ↑ The Lais of Marie de France
- ↓ As You Like It
- ↓ The Two Noble Kinsmen
- ↓ Top Girls
- ↓ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- ↓ The Handmaid's Tale
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