The students of the 1st year of English philology and applied linguistics (University of Radom, Poland) during the literature classes with prof. Agata Buda presented their interpretations of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. They portrayed their own ideas of the figures of medieval pilgrims: the knight, the squire and the prioress. The aim of the classes was to present the masterpieces of English literature thorugh the eyes of a modern reader.