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Main Table of Contents The Canterbury Tales

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Middle-english hypertext

• 001-020: The Franklin's Prologue
• 021-916: The Franklin's Tale

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• 001-020: The Franklin apologizes for his vulgar language

 The Franklin's Tale

• 021-052: About a knight, his wife and their marriage
• 053-094: About love and marriage, freedom and bondage
• 095-105: The knight leaves his wife and goes on a campaign
• 106-138: Arviragus' wife Dorigen mourns after his departure
• 139-192: Dorigen's friends provide games and comfort
• 193-216: A feast in the garden
• 217-258: Aurelius the squire's hidden love for Dorigen
• 259-270: Aurelius reveals his love for Dorigen
• 271-280: Dorigen rejects Aurelius' love
• 281-297: To receive her love, Dorigen demands the impossible from Aurelius
• 298-322: Aurelius goes and the feast continues
• 323-373: Aurelius pities himself and asks the gods for help
• 374-392: Arviragus returns home
• 393-456: Aurelius' brother knows a cure
• 457-480: The two brothers leave for Orleans and meet a clerk
• 481-500: The clerk shows his magical power
• 501-510: The clerk invites the two brothers for dinner
• 511-530: An agreement on the vanishment of the black costal rocks
• 531-552: The two brothers and the wizard go back to Brittany
• 553-588: The wizard performs his conjuring: the black costal rocks are vanished
• 589-630: Aurelius goes to Dorigen and tells her he has done the impossible
• 631-658: Dorigen pities herself that she has fallen for the trap
• 659-670: An example about Phido's daughters who have committed suicide
• 671-686: Other examples about women who prefer suicide rather than being dishonoured
• 687-710: Roman examples about women who prefer suicide rather than being dishonoured
• 711-748: Greek examples about women who prefer suicide rather than being dishonoured
• 749-761: Dorigen tells her husband Arviragus about her dilemma
• 762-778: Truth is the highest thing that man may keep
• 779-790: Dorigen is sent away to fulfil her promise and the Franklin warns his audience not to draw a conclusion yet
• 791-805: Dorigen meets Aurelius and says she has come to fulfil her promise
• 806-836: Aurelius discharges Dorigen
• 837-848: A happy end for Dorigen and Arviragus
• 849-862: Aurelius goes to the wizard to fulfil his promise
• 863-886: Aurelius tells the wizard about his financial constraint and repeats what happened
• 887-916: The wizard discharges Aurelius and the Franklin asks his audience who was most generous

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