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The Tales travel the pilgrim's path. Late fourteenth century, from the 1380s to around 1400. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in late fourteenth-century England, considered the starting point of full-fledged literature in Middle English. Set along the pilgrimage route from London to Canterbury Cathedral, it features a framework where people of differing social status and character tell stories to one another during their journey. The tales range from chivalric romances to bawdy jokes, and are characterized by how each reflects the storyteller's own values and social position. This dual structure—revealing both the story itself and the contradictions and hypocrisy of the teller—produces a sharp observation of human nature. Though the work remained unfinished, its fragmentary nature vividly captures the polyphonic reality of medieval society. Including the variation in manuscript order, it remains a classic whose interpretations co
ntinue to evolve to this day.