The book is virtually unique in providing: the full text in Middle English, an interlinear translation, introductory chapters on the pilgrims and the narrator, guided study questions on each section of the text, a detailed analysis of the frame story and each portrait, a full bibliography and a guide to further reading. The author's aim is to meet the needs of students up to undergraduate level, of their teachers, and of the general reader who wishes to experience and enjoy one of the great comic works of world literature.