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Geoffrey Chaucer was known as the "Father of British Literature" and came from a wealthy family in England, though he was not royalty. He held many jobs working for the royal court as a soldier, diplomat, and clerk. In his free time, he wrote The Canterbury Tales, one of the great masterpieces of medieval British literature, which provides a picture of diverse social classes and characters through the stories told by pilgrims traveling to Canterbury Cathedral.
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