How many characters are in the canterbury tales

In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, 32 characters make the trip to Canterbury. 29 of these are mentioned in line 24 of the “General Prologue.” The narrator joins this group (making 30).

once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary,

explanation:

nervous or scared i would say

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