Excerpt from The Prologue; The Knightes Tale; The Nonne Prestes Tale: From the Canterbury Tales It would take up too much Space to enter upon any analysis of the several stories which make up this wonderful collection. It will suffice to consider briefly such portions of the Canterbury Tales as are included in this volume of Selections;-and first in order and importance comes the Prologue, in which we have laid before us the general plan, and the several characters of the whole work. In the pleasant season of April f, as Chaucer lay at the Tabard, one of the chief houses of public entertainment, situated in the High Street of Southwark, nine-and-twenty pilgrims on their way to Canterbury arrived at the 'hostelry.' The poet being on the same errand as themselves, joined them, and in a short time was on intimate and friendly terms with each member of the company. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.