num_pages: 664
description: These tales bring together a band of pilgrims who represented most of the occupations and social groups of the time. The diversity of the narrators in turn made possible a varied collection of tales including chivalric romance, spiritual allegory, courtly lay, beast fable and literary satire.
language: English
title: The Canterbury Tales
titlecomplete: The Canterbury Tales
characters: The Wife of Bath
genres: Read For School, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, School, Poetry, Literature, High School, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 216650
places: England
publisher: Everyman