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| Original Title: | Le Morte d'Arthur |
| ISBN: | 0451528166 (ISBN13: 9780451528162) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Igraine, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gareth, Sir Gawain, Sir Mordred, King Uther Pendragon, Duke Gorlois, Sir Perceval, Sir Galahad, Sir Kay, Sir Balin, Sir Balan, King Lot, King Leodegrance, Sir Tristram, Sir Bedivere, Sir Lucan de Butler, Queen Guinevere, King Arthur |
| Setting: | Logres(United Kingdom) Britain |
Thomas Malory
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 512 pages Rating: 3.93 | 33712 Users | 882 Reviews
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| Title | : | Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table |
| Author | : | Thomas Malory |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2001 by Signet Classics (first published 1485) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fantasy. Fiction. Mythology. Arthurian. Historical. Historical Fiction. Medieval |
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Le Morte d'Arthur is an exciting, magical interpretation of the legend of King Arthur The next elegant edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series, Le Morte d'Arthur is unabridged and complete. Originally published in 1485 by William Caxton, Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur remains the most exciting and magical interpretation of the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. For Arthurian fans worldwide, this stunning gift edition has a cloth binding, ribbon marker, and is packaged neatly in an elegant slipcase. Featuring a new introduction and the elegant illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley (1872â?"1898), this volume of Le Morte d'Arthur is an indispensible classic for every home library.Rating Of Books Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
Ratings: 3.93 From 33712 Users | 882 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
I'm so glad I finally read Le Morte Darthur. I've loved the King Arthur stories ever since I was little and read what I think was a retelling by Enid Blyton. I actually read this for my Late Medieval Literature class, but I'd have read it someday anyway. The copy I read was an abridgement, which is probably a good thing as parts of it got quite tedious as it was. The introduction to this version is pretty interesting -- and, by the way, my lectures on it were wonderful.I subscribe to the viewI started reading this book almost 20 years ago, but made the mistake of reading T.H. White's The Once and Future King first. The difference in prose between a book written in the 1950s (White) and a book written in the 15th century (Malory) was so stark as to make this book nigh impenetrable. Needless to say, my memory of the book is having read up through a battle that seemed like a series of people losing their horses and going to get another in order to lose their horse again. The story read
The ultimate piece of Arthurian legend? Perhaps.It took me a quarter of a century as a passionate lover of mythology and fantasy to read Le Morte d'Arthur, and in the end I only did so because I've started regularly encountering and listening to people who know much more about Arthurian literature than I do. Sadly, the... academic approach lead me to get little enjoyment out of this. I'm sure it's great, but I couldn't enjoy it like I can modern iterations of the mythos like The Winter King and
At long last hath I enchieved the goodliest quest of 937 pages of Ye Olde English!937 pages of damosels and knights smiting everych other and breaking their spears all to-brast, and tourneys and "justing" and villainous kings who traitorly slew... oops, there I go again. I'm just! so! happy! I've been reading this book since February (it's now November) and inasmuch as I thought I was prepared because of that one Christmas that Mr. Murray wrote the family Christmas letter in Ye Olde English...
Of all the patriarchal, Christianity biased interpretations of Arthurian myth, this is the most misogynistic. Yes, I know one must judge a book by it's time period, but if ever a book infuriated me by illustrating the virgin-whore paradigm, this one has. Not only do most of the female characters completely fail to have names, but those that do are either shrewish sluts or purely chaste and looking to die for God. Also, Sir Gawain is ruined. Also, Merlin is the son of the devil. Also, the Lady of
I read Morte D'Arthur, or most of it anyway, a very long time ago. I remember not being all that enthused and a bit bored at the endless jousting. Really, there are only so many ways to make getting poked by a stick and falling of a horse sound good, guys. However, reading it now for Medieval Lit, I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it very much. The jousting was still boring (sorry, Malory), but the characterization was fascinating. Arthur is so painfully young at the beginning and really
Alas! who can trust this world? - Sir Launcelot du LakeMalory recounts epic episodes of tournaments, aimless adventures, noble quests, conquests and civil war. Magical prophets and incestuous adulteries plague the royal court but let the world remember Arthur as the once and future king! Despite the sometimes ridiculous episodes of knight-errantry, I did learn to respect the chivalry and the knight's code which governs the events and exposes admirable characteristics among soldiers and economic
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