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Geoffrey Chaucer

Born

London, England

Died

September 10, 1400

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Dante Alighieri ...more

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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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Geoffrey Chaucer’s books

Average rating: 3.56 · 253,801 ratings · 6,301 reviews · 1,364 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 214,141 ratings — published 1400 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Riverside Chaucer by Geoffrey Chaucer, Larry Dean Benson (Editor), F.N. Robinson (Editor) 4.19 avg rating — 8,174 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troilus and Criseyde 3.76 avg rating — 6,570 ratings — published 1385 — 294 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wife of Bath by Geoffrey Chaucer, Peter G. Beidler (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 3,837 ratings — published 1372 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer, David Laing Purves (Editor) 3.94 avg rating — 1,536 ratings — published 1387 — 502 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Canterbury Tales: A Selection 3.81 avg rating — 1,578 ratings — published 1390 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue (Norton Critical Editions) 3.76 avg rating — 1,553 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Canterbury Tales: Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue by Geoffrey Chaucer, V.A. Kolve (Editor), Glending Olson (Editor) 3.96 avg rating — 1,268 ratings — published 1390 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Miller's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, James Winny (Editor) 3.54 avg rating — 1,375 ratings — published 1372 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer, A.C. Spearing (Editor) 3.39 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 1372 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Geoffrey Chaucer

Macmillan's Pocket English Classics (1 book)
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Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer (?)

“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer

tags: canterbury-tales, chaucer, franklin-s-tale, patience

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“The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds

tags: creativity, learning, time

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“What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer

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Voting is now open for our theme read for January - Theme Read - Medival Literature. Voting will stay open until December 15th,, 2019 and the winning book will be announced on December 16th, 2019.

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The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

4 votes, 40.0%

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table by Thomas Malory

3 votes, 30.0%

Arthurian Romances by Chrétien de Troyes

1 vote, 10.0%

The Saga of the Volsungs by Anonymous

1 vote, 10.0%

Piers Plowman by William Langland

1 vote, 10.0%

The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

0 votes, 0.0%

The Song of Roland by Unknown

0 votes, 0.0%

Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

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