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Garrett Farrell
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Chaucer (the author) has a fun capacity for mocking himself with his characters. The Host just said stopped Chaucer (the character) in the middle of his first attempt at a story and said “your shithouse rhyming isn’t worth a turd”.
The father of english literature is cerntainly the father of English literature.
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The father of english literature is cerntainly the father of English literature.
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Garrett Farrell
is on page 72 of 352
The miller’s tale was hilarious and I absolutely understand why it was not used in the brief unit we did on this book in 11th grade english
— Jul 08, 2026 10:05PM
Garrett Farrell
is on page 59 of 352
So uhhh… I don’t know if its my translation, but Chaucer dropping the C word (or rather its Middle English equivalent) was jarring and unexpected
— Jul 08, 2026 09:37PM