the Franklin
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The Franklin is a wealthy, hospitable landowner and storyteller in Geoffrey Chaucer’s *The Canterbury Tales*, known for narrating “The Franklin’s Tale.”
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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landowner ⓘ pilgrim in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ storyteller ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | pilgrimage to Canterbury ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
fond of good food and drink
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generous ⓘ hospitable ⓘ |
| contemporaneousSetting | 14th-century England (fictionalized) ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
the Knight
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the Merchant NERFINISHED ⓘ the Squire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Geoffrey Chaucer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | The General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The General Prologue of The Canterbury Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| journeysWith | other Canterbury pilgrims ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Middle English literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrates | The Franklin’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | teller of a Breton lay ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | English ⓘ |
| occupation | landowner ⓘ |
| partOf | the group of pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
concerned with ideals of gentility
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lover of pleasure ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
gentleman-farmer
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wealthy ⓘ |
| taleGenre | Breton lay ⓘ |
| taleThemes |
freedom and sovereignty in marriage
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gentilesse (nobility of character) ⓘ honor and promise-keeping ⓘ marital fidelity ⓘ |
| taleTitle | The Franklin’s Tale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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