Libretto of the Opera The Canterbury Pilgrims is a book written by Percy Mackaye and published in 1916. It is a musical adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's famous work, The Canterbury Tales. The book consists of the complete libretto of the opera, which tells the story of a group of pilgrims who travel to Canterbury to visit the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket. Along the way, they tell each other stories, which are presented in the form of songs and arias...