How many pilgrims are there in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales including the poet himself ?

How many pilgrims are there in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales including the poet himself ? Correct Answer Thirty

The correct answer is Thirty.

Key Points

• Geoffrey Chaucer is called the father of English Literature.
• He is famously known for Canterbury Tales written in 1387-1400.
• The poem illustrates the pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury.
• There are 30 pilgrims who undertook this journey and every character belongs to a different section of the society.
• Some of the pilgrims are knight, squire, nun priest, prioress, reeve, parson, mason, weaver, clerk and the famous wife of bath.
• They gather in Tabard Inn and agrees to have a storytelling competition.

Therefore, from all the points given above, we can conclude that there are thirty pilgrims in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales including the poet himself.

Additional Information Let's look at some facts about Chaucer's Canterbury Tales:

• The narrator of the Canterbury tale is also a pilgrim but he is not described in the poem.
• It was inspired by Boccaccio's The Decameron.
• The original plan was to write 4 stories by each character, however, Chaucer was only able to complete 24 stories.
• The introduction of the poem is called The General Prologue.