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How many stories do the pilgrims tell in the canterbury tales?

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Chaucer's original plan for The Canterbury Tales projected about 120 stories (two for each pilgrim to tell on the way to Canterbury and two more on the way back)
Chaucer actually completed only 22, although 2 more exist in fragments.
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