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Geoffrey Chaucer

Born

London, Kingdom of England

Died

September 28, 1400

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

Influences

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Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343 - 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales. He has been called the "father of English literature", or, alternatively, the "father of English poetry". He was the first writer to be buried in what has since come to be called Poets' Corner, in Westminster Abbey. Chaucer also gained fame as a philosopher and astronomer, composing the scientific A Treatise on the Astrolabe for his 10-year-old son, Lewis. He maintained a career in the civil service as a bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat, and member of parliament.
Among Chaucer's many other works are The Book of the Duchess, The House of Fame, The Legend of Good Women, and Troilus and Criseyde. He is seen as crucial in legitimisi ...more

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Geoffrey Chaucer’s books

Average rating: 3.57 · 289,970 ratings · 8,556 reviews · 1,054 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Canterbury Tales 3.53 avg rating — 241,979 ratings — published 1400 — 2014 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 — 8,199 ratings — published 1986 — 7 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 3.75 avg rating — 7,389 ratings — published 1385 — 376 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 — 4,950 ratings — published 1372 — 95 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 3.76 avg rating — 1,875 ratings — published 1390 — 60 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) 3.55 avg rating — 1,894 ratings — published 1372 — 48 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 — 1,605 ratings — published 1387 — 74 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 — 1,562 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) 3.97 avg rating — 1,292 ratings — published 1390	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
	General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales 3.54 avg rating — 1,122 ratings — published 1400 — 132 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

1560 likes

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

tags: creativity, learning, time

272 likes

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

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Polls

February 2017 Old School Classic Poll

Hard Times by Charles Dickens, 1854, 353 pages

56 votes, 21.6%

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 1478, 504 pages

51 votes, 19.7%

The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, 1826, 410 pages

34 votes, 13.1%

Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de Laclos, 1782, 448 pages

30 votes, 11.6%

Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol, 1842, 464 pages

25 votes, 9.7%

Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, 1862, 455 pages

22 votes, 8.5%

Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, 1862, 244 pages

20 votes, 7.7%

The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner, 1883, 304 pages

12 votes, 4.6%

Mysteries by Knut Hamsun, 1892, 348 pages

9 votes, 3.5%

259 total votes

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