Geoffrey Chaucer

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United Kingdom

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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.

books by Geoffrey Chaucer

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avg rating: 3.59 | 8281 ratings | 111 distinct works

	The Canterbury Tales (Paperback) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.52 — 6107 ratings — published 1390 105 editions	my rating:
	The Riverside Chaucer (Hardcover) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 4.41 — 311 ratings — published 1987 2 editions	my rating:
	The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue (Norton Critical Editions) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.69 — 121 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	The Wife of Bath and Other Cantebury Tales (Paperback) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.47 — 64 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	The Canterbury Tales: The First Fragment (Penguin Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer, Michael Alexander avg rating 3.58 — 31 ratings — published 1390	my rating:
	Troilus and Cressida (Thrift Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.62 — 24 ratings — published 2006 32 editions	my rating:
	Selected Canterbury Tales (Dover Thrift Editions) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.62 — 21 ratings — published 1390 3 editions	my rating:
	Chanticleer and the Fox (Paperback) by Barbara Cooney, Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.60 — 20 ratings — published 1982 3 editions	my rating:
	Dream Visions and Other Poems (Norton Critical Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.81 — 16 ratings — published 2006 4 editions	my rating:
	The Miller's Prologue and Tale (Selected Tales from Chaucer) by Geoffrey Chaucer avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1971 7 editions	my rating: