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Was Chaucer the first author to use a frame story?
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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
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