The Complete Poetical Works

Geoffrey Chaucer

Skeat’s expert editorship of the epitome of the Age of Chivalry reinvigorates the birth of the English language.

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Contents

EDITED BY W. W. SKEAT

OXFORD AT THE CLARENDON PRESS, 1894
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2010

The Canterbury Tales
Group A.
		The Prologue
		The Knightes Tale
		The Miller’s Prologue
		The Milleres Tale
		The Reeve’s Prologue
		The Reves Tale
		The Cook’s Prologue
		The Cokes Tale
Group B.
		Introduction to the Man of Law’s Prologue
		The Prologe of the Mannes Tale of Lawe
		The Tale of the Man of Lawe
		The Shipman’s Prologue
		The Shipmannes Tale
		The Prioress’s Prologue
		The Prioresses Tale
		Prologue to Sir Thopas
		Sir Thopas
		Prologue to Melibeus
		The Tale of Melibeus
		The Monk’s Prologue
		The Monkes Tale
		The Prologue of the Nonne Preestes Tale
		The Nonne Preestes Tale
		Epilogue to the Nonne Preestes Tale
Group C.
		The Phisiciens Tale
		Words of the Host
		The Prologue of the Pardoners Tale
		The Pardoners Tale
Group D.
		The Wife of Bath’s Prologue
		The Tale of the Wyf of Bathe
		The Friar’s Prologue
		The Freres Tale
		The Somnour’s Prologue
		The Somnours Tale
Group E.
		The Clerk’s Prologue
		The Clerkes Tale
		The Merchant’s Prologue
		The Marchantes Tale
		Epilogue to the Marchantes Tale
Group F.
		The Squieres Tale
		The Franklin’s Prologue
		The Frankeleyns Tale
Group G.
		The Seconde Nonnes Tale
		The Canon’s Yeoman’s Prologue
		The Chanouns Yemannes Tale
Group H.
		The Manciple’s Prologue
		The Maunciples Tale
Group I.
		The Parson’s Prologue
		The Persones Tale
		Appendix to Group A. The Tale of Gamelyn
The Romaunt of the Rose
		Fragment A
		Fragment B
		Fragment C
The Minor Poems
I.		An A. B. C.
II.		The Compleynte unto Pitè
III.		The Book of the Duchesse
IV.		The Compleynt of Mars
V.		The Parlement of Foules
VI.		A Compleint to his Lady
VII.		Anelida and Arcite
VIII.		Chaucers Wordes unto Adam
IX.		The Former Age
X.		Fortune
XI.		Merciles Beautè
XII.		Balade to Rosemounde
XIII.		Truth
XIV.		Gentilesse
XV.		Lak of Stedfastnesse
XVI.		Lenvoy to Scogan
XVII.		Lenvoy to Bukton
XVIII.		The Compleynt of Venus
XIX.		The Compleint of Chaucer to his empty Purse
XX.		Proverbs of Chaucer
XXI.		Appendix: Against Women Unconstant
XXII.		An Amorous Compleint
XXIII.		A Balade of Compleynt
Troilus and Criseyde
		Book I
		Book II
		Book III
		Book IV
		Book V
The Hous of Fame
		Book I
		Book II
		Book III
The Legend of Good Women
I.		Cleopatra
II.		Thisbe of Babylon
III.		Dido, Queen of Carthage
IV.		Hypsipyle and Medea
V.		Lucretia
VI.		Ariadne
VII.		Philomela
VIII.		Phyllis
IX.		Hypermnestra