The Canterbury Tales
...The pilgrims are going to see the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket in Canterbury. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a descriptive account of twenty-seven of these pilgrims. Harry Bailey, the host, suggests that the group ride together and entertain one another with stories. Bailey decides that each pilgrim will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back. The best storyteller of them all would receive a meal at Bailey’s tavern for free. The pilgrims draw lots and determine that the Knight will tell the first tale. And so begin The Canterbury Tales, all of the characters in novel are unique, have their own personality, voice and come from different levels of society. Chaucer takes the time to give all the characters their very own personality and describes them all in depth whic...