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Chaucer's Works, Volume 5

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 by Geoffrey Chaucer is available here as the complete text, split into 6633 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.

Geoffrey Chaucer38 chapters

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 — Notes to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Complete source text from Project Gutenberg eBook #43016.

38 chaptersComplete chronicle
Five linesIn each reading
US EnglishNarration and vocabulary
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Academic course · 38 chapters

Course Syllabus

This syllabus gives direct access to every published chapter and its complete sequence of five-line English readings.

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5

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0 of 6616 original contextual illustrations are live; remaining readings use the book cover while their artwork is reviewed.

  1. Chapter I 173 readings five lines each Open chapter
  2. Chapter II 171 readings five lines each Open chapter
  3. Chapter III 170 readings five lines each Open chapter
  4. Chapter IV 178 readings five lines each Open chapter
  5. Chapter V 173 readings five lines each Open chapter
  6. Chapter VI 170 readings five lines each Open chapter
  7. Chapter VII 168 readings five lines each Open chapter
  8. Chapter VIII 163 readings five lines each Open chapter
  9. Chapter IX 174 readings five lines each Open chapter
  10. Chapter X 175 readings five lines each Open chapter
  11. Chapter XI 173 readings five lines each Open chapter
  12. Chapter XII 172 readings five lines each Open chapter
  13. Chapter XIII 175 readings five lines each Open chapter
  14. Chapter XIV 168 readings five lines each Open chapter
  15. Chapter XV 162 readings five lines each Open chapter
  16. Chapter XVI 159 readings five lines each Open chapter
  17. Chapter XVII 162 readings five lines each Open chapter
  18. Chapter XVIII 168 readings five lines each Open chapter
  19. Chapter XIX 170 readings five lines each Open chapter
  20. Chapter XX 167 readings five lines each Open chapter
  21. Chapter XXI 169 readings five lines each Open chapter
  22. Chapter XXII 170 readings five lines each Open chapter
  23. Chapter XXIII 172 readings five lines each Open chapter
  24. Chapter XXIV 169 readings five lines each Open chapter
  25. Chapter XXV 174 readings five lines each Open chapter
  26. Chapter XXVI 166 readings five lines each Open chapter
  27. Chapter XXVII 163 readings five lines each Open chapter
  28. Chapter XXVIII 167 readings five lines each Open chapter
  29. Chapter XXIX 172 readings five lines each Open chapter
  30. Chapter XXX 174 readings five lines each Open chapter
  31. Chapter XXXI 172 readings five lines each Open chapter
  32. Chapter XXXII 167 readings five lines each Open chapter
  33. Chapter XXXIII 159 readings five lines each Open chapter
  34. Chapter XXXIV 157 readings five lines each Open chapter
  35. Chapter XXXV 225 readings five lines each Open chapter
  36. Chapter XXXVI 157 readings five lines each Open chapter
  37. Chapter XXXVII 210 readings five lines each Open chapter
  38. Chapter XXXVIII 282 readings five lines each Open chapter

This edition of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 by Geoffrey Chaucer carries the complete text of Project Gutenberg eBook #43016, divided into 38 chapters and 6633 reading sections of 5 sentences each. Every sentence of the source is kept, and each chapter records which sentences cover which part of the story. Any word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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The complete text of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is here, taken from Project Gutenberg eBook #43016 and divided into 6633 sections.

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How is Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 divided for reading?

Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is presented in 38 chapters, each split into sections of 5 sentences for steady reading.

Rather than presenting Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 as unbroken pages, the text is grouped into 6633 sections of 5 sentences each. A section is short enough to hold in mind at once, which suits a reader working in a second language or returning to a long work in short sittings. The sections are gathered into 38 chapters.

Can I hear Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 read aloud?

Yes. Every sentence and every individual word of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 can be played aloud, and each word shows its dictionary entry.

Every sentence of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 can be played aloud, and so can any single word within it. Tapping a word plays it on its own and opens its dictionary entry, with the pronunciation shown in IPA alongside the part of speech and meaning. The reading voice uses United States English. This matters most for a work of this period, where a reader meets vocabulary and turns of phrase that are no longer in daily use and cannot be guessed reliably from spelling alone.

Questions about reading Chaucer's Works, Volume 5

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Is this the complete text of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5?

Yes. All 33161 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #43016 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #43016, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 6633 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Chaucer's Works, Volume 5 section by section

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Vocabulary met early in Chaucer's Works, Volume 5

Words and structures a reader meets early in Chaucer's Works, Volume 5, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Represents
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Schwa
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Unvoiced
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