FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
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It is a collection of real-life stories by Canterbury pilgrims.
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It is a frame story of a group of thirty people/pilgrims who tell stories as they travel to Canterbury.
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It’s an epic poem in 24 books.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the General Prologue, some 30 pilgrims are introduced. According to the Prologue, Chaucer’s intention was to write four stories from the perspective of each pilgrim, two each on the way to and from their ultimate destination, St. Thomas Becket’s shrine (making for a total of about 120 stories).
Detailed explanation-2: -The General Prologue is the first part of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It introduces the frame story, in which a group of pilgrims travelling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury agree to take part in a storytelling competition, and describes the pilgrims themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -There is a framing story in The Canterbury Tales where 24 tales are encased within the story of characters planning to make a pilgrimage. They gather at the Tabard Inn before they leave and agree to hold a storytelling contest. The tales that follow are the entries in the contest.
Detailed explanation-4: -Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is a frame narrative, a tale in which a larger story contains, or frames, many other stories. In frame narratives, the frame story functions primarily to create a reason for someone to tell the other stories; the frame story doesn’t usually have much plot of its own.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Narrator. The narrator makes it quite clear that he is also a character in his book. The Knight. The first pilgrim Chaucer describes in the General Prologue, and the teller of the first tale. The Wife of Bath. The Pardoner. The Miller. The Prioress. The Monk. The Friar. More items