Description: In this, Chaucer's finest work, the poet tells of meeting at the Tabard Inn with thirty others to make the usual April pilgrimage to Becket's shrine at Canterbury. He describes his companions, who are of widely varying classes and occupations.
Brief description:
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400), English poet, was the son of a London vintner. He was married and held a number of positions at court and in the king's service, including diplomat, controller of customs in the port of London, and deputy forester in the King's Forest in Somerset. He was buried in the Poets' Corner of Westminster Abbey where a monument was erected to him in 1555.
Review Quotes:
"Chaucer's genius is such that the tales reveal the personalities of their tellers...the pilgrims grow as distinct personalities as they converse and argue between stories."
-- "Frank N. Magill, editor, Masterpieces of World Literature"