For this new critical edition of "The Canterbury Tales", the editors have selected the most popular and admired of Chaucer"s tales, together with the complete General Prologue. Each tale is presented in Chaucer"s original verse but with modern spelling and substantial glossing. As with all Norton Critical Editions, "The Canterbury Tales" also includes sections on sources and backgrounds, and criticism. The Tales included are as follows: "The Knight"s Tale", "The Miller"s Prologue and Tale", "The Reeve"s Prologue and Tale", "The Wife of Bath"s Prologue and Tale", "The Clerk"s Prologue and Tale", "The Franklin"s Prologue and Tale", "The Pardoner"s Prologue and Tale", "The Prioress"s Prologue and Tale" and "The Nun"s Priest"s Prologue and Tale".