The Miller's True Story

Author / Editor
Long, Charles.

Title
The Miller's True Story

Published
Interpretations 6 (1974): 7-13.

Description
By examining Chaucer's handling of his material and the verbal texture of MilT, we can determine the nature of the prior acquaintance of the Reeve and the Miller. The tale "is almost certainly based on a real episode...Robyn the Miller is Old John's young apprentice, also named Robyn."

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale.
Reeve and His Tale.