The Canterbury Tales is a lively mix of a variety of genres told by travelers from all aspects of society. Among the genres included are courtly romance, fabliau, saint's biography, allegorical tale, beast fable and medieval sermon. Information concerning Chaucer's descendants is not fully clear. It is likely that he and Philippa had two sons and two daughters. Little is known about Lewis Chaucer, Geoffrey Chaucer's youngest son.
Public records indicate that Chaucer had no descendants living after the fifteenth century.