The Canterbury Tales. The General Prologue Time: April/ spring day Place: Southwark, at the Tabard Inn on their way to Canterbury The narrator Chaucer portrays the 29 Canterbury pilgrims.
Image Source: The Pilgrims in the Ellesmere Manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. San Marino: The Henry E. The Canterbury Tales Pictures. Summary of the PoemIn the beauty of April, the Narrator and 29 oddly assorted travelers happen to meet at the Tabard Inn in Southwark, London.
This becomes the launching point for their 60-mile, four-day religious journey to the shrine of St. Thomas à Becket at the Cathedral in Canterbury.