General Prologue

The Prologue to the Friar's Tale

The Knight's Tale

The Friar's Tale

The Miller's Prologue

The Prologue to the Summoner's tale

The Miller's Tale

The Summoner's Tale

Prologue of the Reeve's Tale

The Prologue of the Scholar's Tale

The Reeve's Tale

The Scholar's Tale

Prologue of the Cook's Tale

The Prologue of the Merchant's Tale

The Cook's Tale

The Merchant's Tale

Introduction to the Sergeant-at-law's tale

Epilogue to the Merchant's Tale

The Sergeant-at-law's tale

The Squire's Tale

Epilogue of the Sergeant-at-law's tale

Epilogue to the Squire's Tale

The Sea captain's tale

The Franklin's Tale

The Prioress' tale

The Doctor's Tale

The Prologue to Sir Topaz

The Prologue of the Doctor's Tale

Sir Topaz

The Prologue to the Pardoner's Tale

The Prologue to the tale of Melibeus

The Pardoner's Tale

The tale of Meleibeus

The Prologue of the second Nun's Tale

The Prologue of the Monk's tale

The Second Nun's Tale

The Monk's tale

The Prologue of the Cannon Assistant's Tale

Prologue of the Nun Priest's Tale

The Cannon Assistant's Tale

The Nun Priest's Tale

The Manciple's Prologue

Epilogue to the Nun Priest's Tale

The Parson's Prologue

The Prologue of the Wife of Bath's Tale

The Parson's Tale

The Wife of Bath's Tale

Author's Valediction

There was a friar who begged for his living, and pretended to say prayers for the generous, but did not.  He travels to a house where he has been given much food and money in the past, and the head of the house, Thomas, has had lots of bad luck, and asks the friar for advice.  The friar says that Thomas must have sinned, and so he should make a full confession to him and pay a monetary penance.  Thomas denies that he has sinned, since his local priest forgave him this morning.  The friar persists, and Thomas finally tells the friar to reach behind his back for a secret place that he keeps money.  The friar reaches behind his back, and Thomas farts in his hand, and makes a joke that he should divide the fart equally among all of the friars of the town. The friar is humiliated and angry, and he goes to the lord of the town to tell him about the insult.  He is thought a bit crazy, but the lord's squire comes up with an answer to Thomas' riddle, which makes everyone happy except for the friar.  The Friar should sit on a wheel and fart onto the wheel, and all of the other friars should put their noses around one of the spokes of the wheel.