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Excerpt from The Prologue, the Knight's Tale, and the Nun's Priest's Tale: From Chaucer's Canterbury TalesGeoffrey chaucer was born in London about the year 1 340, the thirteenth of Edward the Third's reign.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Geoffrey Chaucer was bom in London abou the year 1340, the thirteenth of Edward the Third sreign. His father John Chaucer had served in the kings household before settling down as a prosperous winemerchant. Chaucer himself first appears in 1357 as a page in the service of Elizabeth, wife of Prince Lionel of Clarence. In such a position he had to serve deftly at table, help about the rooms, now as errand boy, now as chamberlain, be cheerful and tactful with his superiors, and, not the least useful part of such a training, hold his own with mischievous fellow-pages. I have entered here only what seemed to me the important and interesting events of Chaucers life. The reader will find the complete annals, drawn from official records, in Professor Skeat sedition, and the same material reduced to narrative form in the Introduction of the Globe Chaucer or in Professor Lounsbury s Studies, vol. i. In all cases he should make the following corrections :(a) Under 1373, A pril 28 should be inserted as the date of Chaucer sreturn to London from Italy (see Mod, Lang. Notes, xi, 210fif.), and the text brought into conformity with the new date. (6) Under 1399, Chaucer sadditional pension from Henry IV., not four hut fourteen days after the coronation, the correct date being October 13, 1399 (see Flugel, A nglia, xzi, 245ff.).(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.

The Prologue, The Knight's Tale, and The Nun's Priest's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Edited, with an introduction, notes, and glossary By Frank Jewett Mather, Jr., PhD. Formerly assistant professor of English and the romance languages in Williams College. The Riverside Literature Series. R.L.S. 135-136. Copyright, 1899, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. The Riverside Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> The Prologue: The Knight's Tale, And The Nun's Priest's Tale; Volume 1 Of The Prologue, The Knight's Tale, And The Nun's Priest's Tale; Geoffrey Chaucer<author> Geoffrey Chaucer<editor> Frank Jewett Mather<publisher> Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

The Prologue the Knight's tale, and the Nun's priest's tale, from Chaucer's Canterbury tales. This book, "The Prologue the Knight's tale and the Nun's priest's tale", by Chaucer Geoffrey, is a replication of a book originally published before 1899. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.