The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer
Oct 03, 2021•15 min•Ep. 797
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When polite English society conversed in French -- considering English a vulgar tongue, fit only for servants and working people -- Chaucer, nevertheless, wrote poems in this "vulgar" English, which charm us because of their quaint words. (Volume 40, Harvard Classics)
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