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Which of the "religious" characters from Chacer's The Canterbury Tales is actually a good, pious man who practices what he preaches?
a. The Monk
b. The Pardoner
c. The Friar
d. The Parson
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Geoffrey Chaucer

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Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as being the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.

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avg rating: 3.52 | 20,390 ratings | 926 reviews | 159 distinct works | 48 fans

	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Nevill Coghill (Translator) avg rating 3.45 — 16,070 ratings — published 1400 166 editions	my rating:
	The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer, Larry Dean Benson (Editor) avg rating 4.43 — 556 ratings — published 1987 3 editions	my rating:
	Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.72 — 349 ratings — published 1387 43 editions	my rating:
	The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue (Norton Critical Editions) by Geoffrey Chaucer, V.A. Kolve (Editor), Glending Olson (Editor) avg rating 3.61 — 344 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment by Geoffrey Chaucer, Michael Alexander avg rating 3.58 — 153 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	The Wife of Bath and Other Canterbury Tales (Penguin 60s) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.60 — 117 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	Selected Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.65 — 49 ratings — published 1390 4 editions	my rating:
	The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.85 — 40 ratings — published 1940 6 editions	my rating:
	Dream Visions and Other Poems (Norton Critical Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.95 — 37 ratings — published 1991 4 editions	my rating:
	The Miller's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.65 — 34 ratings — published 1971 9 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer

"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne."
— Geoffrey Chaucer

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"What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.
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— Geoffrey Chaucer

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"Purity in body and heart
May please some--as for me, I make no boast.
For, as you know, no master of a household
Has all of his utensils made of gold;
Some are wood, and yet they are of use."
— Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)

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