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The Second Nun's Tale, because two nuns are twice as good as one nun, and no nuns would simply be none.
— Apr 28, 2026 08:15PM
Brady Meyer
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Nothing could have prepared for the amazing mock epic of the princely chicken Chauntecleer, whose "voys was murier than the murie orgon on messe-dayes that in the chirche gon". The climax of the story, with the barn animals on the loose, the fox on the hunt, and the swarm of bees in the air, has Chaucer showing off his high rhetoric blended with sheer kinetic energy. Definitely a high point in the Tales so far.
— Apr 27, 2026 04:42PM
Brady Meyer
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The Monk's Tale, a collection of 17 short tragedies of varying quality, from Lucifer to Caesar.
— Apr 26, 2026 07:08AM
Brady Meyer
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The wisdom of the Tale of Melibee, even in an abridged version, is sadly entirely too long for my tastes.
— Apr 23, 2026 08:23PM
Brady Meyer
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The Tales of the Shipman (a reread from when I first tried to learn Middle English at the start of this journey), the Prioress, and of Chaucer himself.
— Apr 20, 2026 09:19PM
Brady Meyer
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The Pardoner 's Tale is a perfect example of irony and character that Chaucer is celebrated for in this collection. Fragment 6 of 10 done!
— Apr 18, 2026 09:26PM
Brady Meyer
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The Physician's Tale, which I don't know what the moral is... Don't be beautiful and virtuous, otherwise your father will be forced to kill you so you don't get abducted?
— Apr 17, 2026 09:01PM
Brady Meyer
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Fragment 5 of 10 done! Time for a break so that I can finish strong in a few weeks.
— Apr 08, 2026 03:33PM

