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    St. Pierre April 15th,2013 Mrs. Capwell English 12 The Evil Pardoner In The Canterbury Tales, the author, Geoffrey Chaucer is satirizing many members of the clergy and upper-class who lived in his time period. He wrote his tales in Middle-English in order   from OpPapers.com Read more »

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About Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – 25 October 1400?) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Although he wrote many works, he is best remembered for his unfinished frame narrative The Canterbury Tales. Sometimes called the father of English literature, Chaucer is credited by some scholars as the first author to demonstrate the artistic legitimacy of the vernacular English language, rather than French or Latin.

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