description: Presents the text of Chaucer's General Prologue, from the Riverside text with support on the portraits of individual pilgrims. This edition has notes on the text and an Approaches section offering commentary and activities on key themes, such as Chaucer's portrayal of medieval society and his ironical tone.
language: English
title: General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
titlecomplete: General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales
genres: Read For School, Literature, British Literature, Short Stories, Medieval, Fiction, School, Classics, Historical Fiction, Poetry
ratings_count: 895
publisher: OUP Oxford