Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Translation -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Geoffrey Chaucer -- THE CANTERBURY TALES -- Fragment I: (Group A) -- General Prologue -- The Knight's Tale -- The Miller's Prologue -- The Miller's Tale -- The Reeve's Prologue -- The Reeve's Tale -- The Cook's Prologue -- The Cook's Tale -- Fragment II: (Group B¹) -- Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale -- The Man of Law's Prologue -- The Man of Law's Tale -- The Epilogue of the Man of Law's Tale -- Fragment III: (Group D) -- The Wife of Bath's Prologue -- The Wife of Bath's Tale -- The Friar's Prologue -- The Friar's Tale -- The Summoner's Prologue -- The Summoner's Tale -- Fragment IV: (Group E) -- The Clerk's Prologue -- The Clerk's Tale -- The Merchant's Prologue -- The Merchant's Tale -- Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale -- Fragment V: (Group F) -- The Squire's Prologue -- The Squire's Tale -- The Franklin's Prologue -- The Franklin's Tale -- Fragment VI: (Group C) -- The Physician's Tale -- The Pardoner's Prologue -- The Pardoner's Tale -- Fragment VII: (Group B²) -- The Shipman's Tale -- The Prioress's Prologue -- The Prioress's Tale -- The Prologue to Sir Topaz -- Sir Topaz -- The Prologue to the Tale of Melibee -- The Tale of Melibee (abridged and translated by Christopher Cannon) -- The Monk's Prologue -- The Monk's Tale -- The Nun's Priest's Prologue -- The Nun's Priest's Tale -- Epilogue to the Nun's Priest's Tale -- Fragment VIII: (Group G) -- The Second Nun's Prologue -- The Second Nun's Tale -- The Canon's Yeoman's Prologue -- The Canon's Yeoman's Tale -- Fragment IX: (Group H) -- The Manciple's Prologue -- The Manciple's Tale -- Fragment X: (Group I) -- The Parson's Prologue -- The Parson's Tale (abridged and translated by Christopher Cannon) -- Chaucer's Retractions -- Explanatory Notes.