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CANTERBURY TALES
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SYNOPSES AND PROLEGOMENA
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FRAGMENT 1
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1.1 GENERAL PROLOGUE
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CANTERBURY WAY (THE ROAD TO CANTERBURY)
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Rochester to London
The Canterbury Tales
Synopses and Prolegomena
The Frame Narrative
Fragment 1
1.1 General Prologue
Canterbury Way (The Road to Canterbury)
London to Rochester
Rochester to London
Dance of Death
E. Talbot Donaldson - "Chaucer the Pilgrim
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Spring
The Martyrdom Of Thomas à Becket
The Tale of Beryn
1.2 The Knight's Tale
1.3 The Miller's Tale
1.4 The Reeve's Tale
1.5 The Cook's Tale
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