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The first Ukrainian translation of the masterpiece of the classic English literature by Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400). This is a collection of stories told to each other by pilgrims who have decided to go on a pilgrimage to the tomb of St Tom Becket in Canterbury. Among the narrators are representatives of almost all strata of English society of the time, and their stories, very diverse in subject matter, accurately reflect the trials of their lives. This is a kind of encyclopaedia of medieval society. In addition to the brilliant, unique irony inherent in the style of this masterpiece, it is characterised by liveliness, endless kindness, boundless trust in people, and an extraordinary ability to admire even the terrible traits that its characters sometimes demonstrate. The book is illustrated with fragments of the Ellesmere Manuscript of 1410.