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Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins

John Gower

Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins

John Gower

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"Confessio Amantis; Or, Tales of the Seven Deadly Sins" by John Gower is a 33,000-line Middle English poem composed between 1386 and 1390. An aging lover confesses to Venus's chaplain, creating a framework for dozens of narrative tales. Commissioned by King Richard II, this work stands among the greatest achievements of late 14th-century English literature. Written in plain style with octosyllabic couplets, it was one of the most copied manuscripts before printing, rivaling Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" in popularity and sharing several stories with it. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1CONFESSIO AMANTIS1,330 chars
  2. 2Prologus36,803 chars
  3. 3Incipit Liber Primus(1)59,998 chars
  4. 4Incipit Liber Primus(2)57,848 chars
  5. 5Incipit Liber Secundus(1)59,978 chars
  6. 6Incipit Liber Secundus(2)59,926 chars
  7. 7Incipit Liber Tercius(1)59,982 chars
  8. 8Incipit Liber Tercius(2)34,554 chars
  9. 9Incipit Liber Quartus(1)59,996 chars
  10. 10Incipit Liber Quartus(2)59,978 chars
  11. 11Incipit Liber Quartus(3)5,599 chars
  12. 12Incipit Liber Quintus(1)59,960 chars
  13. 13Incipit Liber Quintus(2)59,988 chars
  14. 14Incipit Liber Quintus(3)59,995 chars
  15. 15Incipit Liber Quintus(4)59,990 chars
  16. 16Incipit Liber Quintus(5)26,131 chars
  17. 17Incipit Liber Sextus(1)59,980 chars
  18. 18Incipit Liber Sextus(2)22,562 chars
  19. 19Incipit Liber Septimus.(1)59,980 chars
  20. 20Incipit Liber Septimus.(2)59,998 chars
  21. 21Incipit Liber Septimus.(3)59,995 chars
  22. 22Incipit Liber Septimus.(4)1,861 chars
  23. 23Incipit Liber Octavus(1)60,000 chars
  24. 24Incipit Liber Octavus(2)48,896 chars