The Shipman's Tale

The Shipman from the Ellesmere Chaucer

"The Shipman's Tale" (also called The Sailor's Tale) is one of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the story of a merchant, his wife and her lover, a monk.[1] Although similar stories can be found in Boccaccio's Decameron, a frequent source for Chaucer's tales, the story is a retelling of a common type of folktale called "the lover's gift regained".[2]

  1. ^ "The Literature Network - Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: The Shipman's Tale". www.online-literature.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "7.1 The Shipman's Tale". chaucer.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 11 March 2020.