Geoffrey Chaucer
- Books on site
- 1
- Total words
- 151,152
- Reading time
- 8.4 h
- Years covered
- 1387
- Longest
- The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 1400) was a London wine merchant’s son who became a courtier, a soldier in France, a diplomat in Italy and Flanders, controller of the customs and, at the end, clerk of the king’s works. He translated the Roman de la Rose and wrote The Book of the Duchess, Troilus and Criseyde and, from about 1387, the collection of tales told by pilgrims on the road to Canterbury, which he never finished. He was the first poet buried in what became Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
1free edition151,152words on site~8.4 hreading time1387years covered
The Canterbury Tales| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1387 | The Canterbury Tales | 151,152 | ~10 h |
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