• The nature of the Parson’s Tale makes it stand out among the Canterbury Tales, and the Parson remarks upon the uniqueness of his tale explicitly in his Prologue.
  • [Under the fourth head, of good works, the Parson says: —] The courteous Lord Jesus Christ will that no good work be lost, for in somewhat it shall avail.
  • By that the Maunciple hadde his tale al ended, The sonne fro the south lyne was descended So lowe that he nas nat, to my sighte, Degrees nyne and twenty as in highte.
  • The Parson’s Tale seems to use a number of sources, including mainly 13th-century Latin and French treatises on penance and on the seven deadly sins.
  • The Parsons Tale: Whitney Walker Summary of The Parson's Tale The Parson's tale is really one big moral lesson.
  • TheParson’s Tale” is the final story of The Canterbury Tales. In the “General Prologue,” the Parson is described as a ‘good man of religion.’
  • The Parson's Tale. THE PROLOGUE. By that the Manciple his tale had ended, The sunne from the south line was descended. So lowe, that it was not to my sight.
  • As The Parson's Tale is not much more than a lengthy and tedious churchly prose sermon, its literary value is very modest. ... The Parsons Tale. Page Tools.
  • The Parson's Tale seems, from the evidence of its prologue, to have been intended as the final tale of Geoffrey Chaucer's poetic cycle The Canterbury Tales.
  • The Parson’s Tale. [the remedy against lechery]. ... The Parson’s Tale / 3. the deede be withstonden, yit is ther greet temptacion.