“Chaucer, like Homer, writes about a journey, but as a Christian he has a different goal. Homer wanted to go home, but Chaucer's pilgrims want a place of man's true home: paradise”
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The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization
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