As he joins the pilgrimage Harry Bailey - the innkeeper of the Tabard Inn in Southwark (where the story begins) - announces that each pilgrim will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, and another two on the way home. Then a decision will be make (by Harry) as to who has told the best story.
In the text we have no pilgrim tells two stories - let alone the four we have been promised - so we know the work was never finished.
Scholars consider "Canterbury Tales" unfinished because Chaucer did not complete the planned structure of the collection of stories. The work was intended to have more tales from a wider range of characters, but Chaucer passed away before he could finish it. Additionally, the Fragmentary nature of the work, with some tales being incomplete or lacking a conclusion, adds to the sense of it being unfinished.
Because he died
In September 1390, records say that he was robbed, and possibly injured, while conducting the business, and it was shortly after, on 17 June 1391, that he stopped working in this capacity. Almost immediately, on 22 June, he began as Deputy Forester in the royal forest of North Petherton, Somerset. This was no sinecure, with maintenance an important part of the job, although there were many opportunities to derive profit. He was granted an annual pension of twenty pounds by Richard II in 1394. It is believed that Chaucer stopped work on the Canterbury Tales sometime towards the end of this decade.
because
He died
Canterbury Tales, though this work was left unfinished
Unfinished Tales was created in 1980.
Geoffrey Chaucer may not have completed "The Canterbury Tales" because of his death in 1400 and the ambitious scope of the project, which he worked on over many years. The work remains unfinished, with some planned stories left untold.
Well in the Canterbury Tales, the characters were all on a pilgrimage to Canterbury, to the shrine of St. Thomas.
what are the authors purposae in writing canterbury tales
The duration of The Canterbury Tales - film - is 2.03 hours.
Geoffrey Chaucer is the author of The Canterbury Tales. He is considered one of the greatest English poets of the Middle Ages. The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories written in Middle English.
The Canterbury Tales - film - was created on 1972-07-02.
Chaucer's collection of medieval tales is called "The Canterbury Tales." It is a frame story with a group of pilgrims telling stories to pass the time on their journey to Canterbury.
Geoffrey Chaucer's original plan for his masterpiece, "The Canterbury Tales," was to write a collection of stories told by a diverse group of pilgrims traveling to Canterbury. Each pilgrim was supposed to tell four tales, resulting in a total of 120 stories. However, Chaucer was only able to complete 24 tales before his death, leaving the work unfinished.
354 tales
the host