Chaucer Works Online
The Book of the Duchess
OMACL Edition
Vanilla text file of the work with every line numbered. Prepared by Douglas B. Killings for the Online Medieval & Classical Library.University of Calgary Edition
In addition to a rather slow-loading "reading edition" of the book with glossary and notes, this site has transcriptions of manuscript and early print copies of the work, Old French and Latin sources, divided screen comparisons, and more to come.
The Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's Prioress
Pertinent portions of the general prologue, the prologue to the Prioress's tale and the tale itself are all supplied on one page, hyperlinked to useful information. Created by K. Braden Phillips.Electronic Literature Foundation Edition
Some minor design flaws hinder this ambitious presentation, but once accustomed to the navigation menu you'll find the site worthwhile. Choose your tale and view it in Middle English, Modern English, both versions facing, or both versions interpolated.Librarius Presentation
This edition provides a useful but slow-loading glossary; definitions appear in the lower frame when you click the hyperlinked word in the text. Text edited and glossary created by Sinan Kökbugur.The Prologue in Modern English
Very attractive presentation of the preamble and each of the prologues in modern English, by Tony Sewell. A downloadable Word 6 file is also available.Prologues
The original Middle English versions of all the prologues are displayed side-by-side with Modern English translations, in very small type to accomodate both, at Paul Halsall's Medieval Sourcebook.Reader-Friendly Edition
An extensive introduction accompanies the prologue and four tales, in Middle English but put into modern spelling by Michael Murphy. Tales can be viewed with an Acrobat plug-in or downloaded for viewing or printing with Acrobat reader.UVa Edition
Very clean HTML presentation of the Middle English version with every line numbered, at the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library. View by section or check out the entire work.Wiretap Edition
Vanilla text of the entire work, all in one file.Wonderland Presentation
Though still a work in progress, most tales are online and are cleanly presented in the original Middle English, quite suitable for printing.
The House of Fame
Labyrinth Library Edition
Prepared by Walter Stewart, the work is available in three separate segments or all in one file. Cleanly presented in the original Middle English with line numbers every five lines; suitable for printing.OMACL Edition
Vanilla text file of the work with every line numbered. Prepared by Douglas B. Killings for the Online Medieval & Classical Library.
Troilus and Criseyde
Great Books Edition
The work in five files, bold vanilla-text without line numbers, taken from the Project Gutenberg edition.OMACL Edition
Vanilla text versions of the book, available in five segments or all in one file, with line numbers. Prepared by Douglas B. Killings for the Online Medieval & Classical Library.Project Gutenberg Edition
Vanilla text of the entire work, all in one file, with line numbers.Reader-Friendly Edition
The entire work in Middle English, as well as Robert Henryson's sequel The Testament of Cresseid, put into modern spelling by Michael Murphy. Files can be viewed with an Acrobat plug-in or downloaded for viewing or printing with Acrobat reader.UVa Edition
The entire work on one page in clean HTML, every line numbered, with page breaks indicative of the printed book from which it was derived. At the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library.
Various Works
Against Women Unconstant
One of a variety of poems placed online by Jennifer Mottram. In Middle English.Lak of Stedfastnesse
F. N. Robinson edition of the ballad in Middle English at Art Bin Magazine.The Legend of Good Women
Vanilla text files of the work in Middle English with line numbers, prepared by Douglas B. Killings for the Online Medieval & Classical Library.The Parliament of Fowles
Vanilla text file of the work in Middle English with every line numbered, prepared by Douglas B. Killings for the Online Medieval & Classical Library.Merciles Beautè
Clean HTML version of the F. N. Robinson edition, in Middle English, at Art Bin Magazine.A Treatise on the Astrolabe
The oldest known "technical manual" in the English language, Chaucer's treatise was prepared for the son of a friend and is unfinished. This version is the F. N. Robinson edition, online at Art Bin Magazine.
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