Question
Was Chaucer the first author to use a frame story?
Answers
Ms. Sue
Chaucer was not the first author to use a frame story. The first frame stories date back to the first millenium B.C. in India. The Arabian Nights also predate the <i>Canterbury Tales</i>.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_story