The full text of The Tales, along with intralinear translation, can be found in the Texts and Translations section of the website. This section of the site provides the opening lines of each Tale, a short summary of their plot, and contextual information such historical and literary context, additional readings, etc.
The Tales are organized by the Fragment in which they appear:
Fragment I:
- The General Prologue (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Knight's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Miller's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Reeve's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Cook's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment II:
- The Man of Law's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment III:
- The Wife of Bath's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Friar's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Summoner's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment IV:
- The Clerk's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Merchant's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment V:
- The Squire's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Franklin's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment VI
- The Physician's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Pardoner's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment VII
- The Shipman's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Shipman-Prioress Link (Text and Translation)
- The Prioress' Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Tale of Sir Thopas (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Tale of Melibee (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Monk's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Tale of the Nun's Priest (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment VIII:
- The Second Nun's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- The Tale of the Canon's Yeoman (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment IX
- The Manciple's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
Fragment X
- The Parson's Tale (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)
- Chaucer's Retraction (Prolegomenon; Text and Translation)