Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century (two of them in prose, the rest in verse). The tales, some of which are originals and others not, are contained inside a frame tale and told by a collection of pilgrims on a pilgrimage from Southwark to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The Canterbury Tales are written in Middle English. Although the tales are considered to be his magnum opus, some believe the structure of the tales are indebted to the works of The Decameron which Chaucer is said to have read on an earlier visit to Italy.
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Noun
1. an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer
(hypernym) narrative, narration, story, tale

The last work of Geoffrey Chaucer, written after 1387 but unfinished at his death in 1400. The tale, an important insight into the perspectives of the various men of the middle ages, is written with an introduction describing the procession of pilgrims to Beckett's shrine at Cantebury, followed by a collections if tales told by each member of the company.