"The Summoner's Tale" (Middle English: "The Sumpnours Tale") is a crudely humorous short story in verse from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. It immediately follows "The Friar's Tale" and is a direct response to that story. The Friar's Tale is based around the character of a dishonest summoner.[1] "The Summoner's Tale" is based around the character of a dishonest, greedy and hypocritical friar. The Friar who is the story's protagonist visits a sick man called Thomas who has shown…
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