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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 · 290,927 ratings · 8,672 reviews · 1,101 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Canterbury Tales 3.53 avg rating — 242,629 ratings — published 1400 — 1991 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 — 8,207 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 3.75 avg rating — 7,429 ratings — published 1385 — 375 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 — 5,004 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 — 1,876 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 — 1,920 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 — 1,607 ratings — published 1387 — 73 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 — 1,561 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 — 1,291 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 — 1,137 ratings — published 1400 — 73 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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3.54 avg rating — 937 ratings

حکایت‌های کنتربری (2 books)
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Geoffrey Chaucer,

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Quotes by Geoffrey Chaucer (?)

“Patience is a conquering virtue.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer

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

1561 likes

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

tags: creativity, learning, time

274 likes

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

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What book would you like to read for the 2017 1st Qtr. Long Read?

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 786 pages, 1844

64 votes, 26.9%

The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, 801 pages, 1837

38 votes, 16.0%

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, 610 pages, 1478

36 votes, 15.1%

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon, 776 pages, 1973

22 votes, 9.2%

Shōgun by James Clavell, 1152 pages, 1975

19 votes, 8.0%

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages, 1985

19 votes, 8.0%

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 859 pages, 1925

16 votes, 6.7%

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, 1168 pages, 1957

15 votes, 6.3%

Sacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo, 1424 pages, 1978

9 votes, 3.8%

238 total votes

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