Canterburry Tales: The Franklin


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Geoffrey Chaucer is an English writer and poet who was born in London in the 1340s and died in 1400 in that same city. His most famous work is Canterbury Tales. The Canterbury Tales are, with Sire Gauvain and the Green Knight (from an anonymous person) and Peter the Plowman (by William Langland), the very first great works of English literature. Here is the first tale: the franklin.

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Canterburry's Tales: The Franklin's Tale

You will find the full translation of the tale described below on this link.