# The Canterbury Tales

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- Book: [The Canterbury Tales](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-ackroyd/the-canterbury-tales) ([The Canterbury Tales.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-ackroyd/the-canterbury-tales.md))
- Authors: [Peter Ackroyd](https://www.bookquiver.com/peter-ackroyd), [Geoffrey Chaucer](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-chaucer), [Ted Stearn](https://www.bookquiver.com/ted-stearn)
- Publisher: Signet
- ISBN: 978-04-5141-678-0
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2013-02-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

While Geoffrey Chaucer composed several magnificent works of poetry, his reputation as “the father of English literature” rests mainly on The Canterbury Tales, a group of stories told by assorted...