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The Canterbury Tales

The Canterbury Tales was written by a man name Geoffrey Chaucer. There are 19 tales altogether, and they were written in the 14th century.The Canterbury Tales tell the story of a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury who engage in a tale-telling contest.The prize for this contest is a free meal at the Tabard Inn at Southwark on their return.

The Reeve 

The Reeve is the third story told in The Canterbury Tales. The Reeve is a is the manager of a large estate who reaped incredible profits for his master and himself. In the story they say that he is skinny and bad tempered . This reeve’s lord never loses so much as a ram to the other employees, and the vassals under his command are kept in line. However, he steals from his master.