坎特伯雷故事是乔叟在14世纪末期所著故事的收 集品。作品(主要以诗其次散文的形式）讲述了一 群朝圣者在他们旅行途中的经历。
He uses the tales and the descriptions of the characters to paint an ironic and critical portrait of English society at the time, and particularly of the Church.
Chaucer's masterpiece：
《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）
Other Works：
《公爵夫人之书》(Book of the Duchess)、
《声誉之宫》(The House of Fame)、 《百鸟会议》(The Parliament of Fowles)、 《贤妇传说》(The Legend of Good Women)
Geoffrey Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse诗, although some are in prose散文) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims 朝圣者as they travel together on a journey.
Middle English Literature
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Born C.1343 London,England
Died
25 October 1400 (aged 56–57)
Occupation Author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, diploma源自 Geoffrey Chaucer,
known as the Father of English literature, is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey(威斯敏斯特 教堂). ['westmɪnstə 'æbi]
作者通过这些故事和人物的绘制画出了一 幅讥讽和批判当时英国社会尤其是教堂的 画面。
坎特伯雷教堂
For chattels lost may yet recovered be, But time lost ruins us for aye.
--Geoffrey Chaucer
丢失的牛羊可以找回,但丢失 的时间却无法找回.