The Troilus and Criseyde of Chaucer

you fucking pseuds

/lit/erally homosexuals

I wouldn't recommend it as where to start with Chaucer, but if you've read other works of his and you like them, then yes read it because you will like this too. If you didn't like anything else by him you won't like this either. If you don't like Chaucer and don't want to be an expert in the history of English literature, specifically middle English, there isn't a point in reading it.

>>9011805
What would you recommend to start with Chaucher, then?

>>9011810
Either Canterbury Tales if you want to dive right into the main meat, or a selection of his shorter works. Canterbury Tales is really just a bunch of shorter works tied together itself.

Just get a helpful edition and it shouldn't be too difficult. I used the Penguin untranslated one and the glosses and notes made it quite easy to follow even as my first experience with middle English. It helps that they repeat words that have come up before so you can learn them easier. The Norton is also probably good. It doesn't have all the tales but it only misses out the really boring ones and you aren't missing anything there unless you're a completionist.