Chaucer in Translation
eChaucer ¤ Chaucer in the Twenty-First Century
These pages contain translations of all of the major original works of Chaucer in modern English, including The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, The Book of the Duchess, The Parliament of Fowls, The House of Fame, and The Legend of Good Women.
The following works have been translated by Gerard NeCastro into prose format for ease of reading. They are now in their penultimate draft. You are welcome to read, downlaod, and reproduce them for classroom or personal use. The only conditions are these: 1. That you retain my name as translator and my notation of copyright in all reproductions; and 2. you send a very brief note to me at necastro@maine.edu to say that you are using them. Suggestions for revisions will also be much appreciated.
PlainText refers to .txt files that hove no footnotes or endnotes (best for audio readers); Text, to .txt files with endnotes (best for those who would like to reformat the document); Word, to .doc files (best for Word users); PDF, to .pdf (best for stable image of the text).
Canterbury Tales (CT)
- General Prologue HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (GP)
- The Knight's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (KT)
- The Miller's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (MilT)
- The Reeve's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (RvT)
- The Cook's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (CkT)
- The Man of Law's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (MLT)
- The Wife of Bath's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (WBT)
- The Friar's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (FrT)
- The Summoner's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (SumT)
- The Clerk's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (ClT)
- The Merchant's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (MerT)
- The Squire's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (SqT)
- The Franklin's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (FranT)
- The Physician's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (PhyT)
- The Pardoner's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (PardT)
- The Shipman's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (ShipT)
- The Prioress' Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (PrT)
- The Tale of Sir Thopas HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Thop)
- The Tale of Melibee HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Mel)
- The Monk's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (MkT)
- The Nun's Priest's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (NPT)
- The Second Nun's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (SNT)
- The Canon's Yeoman's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (CYT)
- The Manciple's Tale HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (MancT)
- The Parson's Tale [Coming Soon] HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (ParsT)
- Chaucer's Retraction [Coming Soon] HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Retr)
Book of the Duchess HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (BD)
The House of Fame HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (HF)
Anelida and Arcite HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Anel)
The Parliament of Fowls HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (PF)
Troilus and Criseyde (Tr)
- Complete Work HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr1)
- Book 1 HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr1)
- Book 2 HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr2)
- Book 3 HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr3)
- Book 4 HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr4)
- Book 5 HTML PlainText Text Word PDF (Tr5)