Title and Publication Date:
The Canterbury Tales, first published in the fifteenth century.
Author:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Setting:
The road to Canterbury
Plot:
A group of twenty-seven pilgrims bound for Canterbury decide to entertain one another with tales of love, lust, deceit, murder, greed, and more lust.
Questions to Answer:
The stories told in this work are sometimes bawdy, sometimes tragic, and usually satirical.
What do these stories suggest about love and commitment?
What do they say about friendship?
What of the Church?
What do the descriptions of each character say about the individual or the author?
