# Alein — The Canterbury Tales character guide

> Alein in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** This Alein

**First appearance:** 0005-the-reeve-s-tale

## Who they are

A poor Cambridge scholar in the Reeve's Tale.

## Links

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