One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society.
The Miller and the Reeve express their mutual antagonism in a pair of comic stories combining sex and trickery; in ``The Shipman\'s Tale,`` a wife sells her favors to a monk.
The Tales are as various as the pilgrims themselves, encompassing comedy, pathos, tragedy, and cynicism.
One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature, in the original Middle English The Canterbury Tales depicts a storytelling competition between pilgrims drawn from all ranks of society