Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 — The House of Fame; The Legend of Good Women; The Treatise on the Astrolabe; The Sources of the Canterbury Tales

It is the immediate precursor of the Canterbury Tales, and enables us to see how the poet was led on towards the composition of that immortal poem.

它是《坎特伯雷故事集》的直接前奏，使我们得以看到这位诗人是如何一步步走向那部不朽之作的创作。

both are visions; both are in three books; in both, the authors seek abstraction from surrounding troubles by venturing into the realm of imagination.

两部皆为幻梦之作，皆分三卷；两位作者皆借想象之境，暂脱尘世烦扰。