How many tales and pilgrims are there in Chaucer's The Caunterbury Tales?
The Canterbury Tales contains 24 tales told by 23 of the pilgrims, because Chaucer the narrator tells two of them (Sir Thopas and Melibee). The General Prologue speaks of a…
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How many tales and pilgrims are there in Chaucer's The Caunterbury Tales?
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The Canterbury Tales contains 24 tales told by 23 of the pilgrims, because Chaucer the narrator tells two of them (Sir Thopas and Melibee). The General Prologue speaks of a company of 'wel nyne and twenty', and the Host and the Canon's Yeoman join the journey, so the figure of 23 counts the tellers, not the whole company. The pairs with 22 tales or 24 tellers do not match.
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