The Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval tapestry. The Knight, the Miller, the Friar, the Squire, the Prioress, the Wife of Bath, and others who make up the cast of characters -- including Chaucer himself -- are real people, with human emotions and weaknesses. (goodreads)

The Project Gutenberg Etext of The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems.
Edited for Popular Perusal by D. Laing Purves.