No, Giovanni Boccaccio did not tell the Canterbury Tales story. The Canterbury Tales was written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century. Boccaccio was an Italian writer known for works like the Decameron.
In the prologue of the Canterbury Tales, the narrator sets the scene for the story by introducing the characters who are going on a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Each character is described in detail, providing insight into their personality and background. The prologue also establishes the framework for the rest of the tales, where each character will tell a story during the journey.
In "The Canterbury Tales," Harry Bailey proposes that each pilgrim tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two on the way back. After the trip was over, it is assumed that Harry Bailey returned to his inn, where he likely continued to run his business and host guests.
The Host, Harry Bailey, does not have to tell stories in The Canterbury Tales. He is the one who proposes the storytelling competition among the pilgrims and serves as the master of ceremonies throughout the tales.
In the General Prologue of "The Canterbury Tales," each character is supposed to tell two tales on the way to Canterbury and two tales on the way back, making it a total of four tales per person.
The Canterbury Tales are a collection of stories that read like a story-telling competition between a small group of pilgrims as they journey to see St. Thomas Becket's shrine at the Canterbury Cathedral. The Tales were written by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 1300's. The tales are intended to satirically caricature contemporary English society and the English Church.
The Canterbury Tales is set in medieval England, specifically during the pilgrimage from London to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury. The characters tell stories to pass the time during their journey.
The game Harry Bailey suggests is the story game. Each pilgrim will tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, and another two stories on the way back. Whoever is agreed to be the best storyteller will have a slap-up meal paid for by all the other pilgrims. (Harry will sell them the meal at his Inn - the Tabard. So the one guaranteed winner is Harry himself).
The rising action of "The Canterbury Tales" occurs as the group of pilgrims set off on their journey to Canterbury, engaging in storytelling along the way. The stories they tell gradually reveal their characters, motivations, and relationships, building tension and anticipation for the tales that are to come.
Each pilgrim will tell two tales on the way to Canterbury, and two more on the road home. Chaucer never finished his poem - so in the fragments we have no pilgrim tells more than one tale (and some never get to speak at all).
In the Canterbury Tales a group of pilgrims are traveling to the shrine of St Thomas a Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. The pilgrims decide that each of them will tell two stories on the way there, and two more on the way back - taking turns. Chaucer never completed his work, so most of the pilgrims tell only one tale - but we find out a lot about the sort of person telling the story by the kind of story they choose, and also by how they tell it.
The original plan was that each pilgrim would tell two stories on the way to Canterbury, then two more on the road home to London. But Chaucer never completed the work, and most of the Pilgrims get to tell only one story. (In the Canterbury Tales as we have it, the pilgrims never arrive in Canterbury, let alone begin the journey home).
Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales represents one of the earliest works of English literature written in vernacular Middle English. It is also one of the earliest examples of a framed narrative, where a group of characters tell stories to pass the time during a pilgrimage to Canterbury.