<P>The classic collection of beloved tales both sacred and profane of travelers in medieval England.<P>One of the greatest and most ambitious works in English literature in the original Middle English. The Canterbury Tales (Middle English: Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of over 20 stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century during the time of the Hundred Years' War. <P>The tales (mostly written in verse although some are in prose) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.<P>An Author's Republic audio production.