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Mentioned in 35 episodes

The Canterbury tales

Book • 1928

Geoffrey Chaucer

Mentioned by

Hamish McKenzie

Dominic Sandbrook

Mentioned in 35 episodes

Recommended by

Hamish McKenzie

for its storytelling and exploration of human nature.

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Mentioned by

Tyler Cowen

as an example of a book from the past that is still remembered.

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Mentioned by Chuck Bryant as a work that included the seven deadly sins in the form of the Parsons Tale.

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Mentioned by Bishop Barron as an example of preserving a type through depictions of a good parish priest.

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Mentioned by

Tom Holland

and

Dominic Sandbrook

while discussing his life and works, particularly 'The Canterbury Tales'.

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Mentioned by

Venkatesh Rao

to illustrate how much of language is naturally drawn from other sources.

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Mentioned by Robin Ince as his A-level Chaucer text and later by

Greg Jenner

and Lydia Zeldenrust in relation to Caxton's printing of the Canterbury Tales.

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Mentioned by Sean when referring to Neville Coghill's translation of the book.

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Mentioned by

Greg Jenner

and

Marion Turner

as Chaucer's seminal work and the episode's central text.

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Mentioned by

Brian Sauve

when reading something and describing his experience.

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