![]() ![]() That hem hath holpen whan that they were seeke. To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,Īnd palmeres for to seken straunge strondes, The droghte of March hath perced to the roote, And at a knight than wol° I first biginne. Chaucers Canterbury Tales is a collection of humorous, bawdy, and poignant stories told by a group of fictional pilgrims. April, from the Trés Riches Heures de Duc de Berry, c1406-9. Chaucer Hub Chaucers Language, Literature, and Life, with Searchable Concordance to the Complete Works General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales (lines 1-18). Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, The General Prologue, with Audio Reading. The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Early in that course, the name of Chaucer came up and, inevitably, "The Canterbury Tales." Our teacher was a big fan and one of her requirements was that we learn and recite from memory the prologue to the tales in the Middle English in which it was written. I'm sure I have forgotten much of what I learned in college but I can still recite most of that prologue! Long, long ago, I was a freshman in college and one of my required courses was English literature. ![]()
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