""New Canterbury Tales"" is a collection of short stories written by Maurice Hewlett. The book is inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's ""The Canterbury Tales"" and contains a series of tales told by a group of travelers on their way to Canterbury. However, unlike Chaucer's tales, Hewlett's stories are set in the late 19th and early 20th century and reflect the social and cultural issues of the time. The tales are diverse in their themes and characters,...