Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer was an English writer of the late Middle Ages. His most notable work is the short-story collection The Canterbury Tales, published around 1400.

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• Lifetime: c. 1343 • 25 October 1400
• Main form: Poetry
• Literary movement: pre-English Renaissance
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"Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained"