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The Fall of Arthur
The Fall of Arthur | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur, king of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skillful achievement in the use of Old English alliterative meter, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur's expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere's flight from Camelot, of the great sea battle on Arthur's return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle.Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that Tolkien abandoned. He evidently began it in the 1930s, and it was sufficiently advanced for him to send it to a very perceptive friend who read it with great enthusiasm at the end of 1934 and urgently pressed him, "You simply must finish it!" But in vain: he abandoned it at some unknown date, though there is evidence that it may have been in 1937, the year of publication ofThe Hobbit and the first stirrings of The Lord of the Rings. Years later, in a letter of 1955, he said that he "hoped to finish a long poem onThe Fall of Arthur," but that day never came.Associated with the text of the poem, however, are many manuscript pages: a great quantity of drafting and experimentation in verse, in which the strange evolution of the poem's structure is revealed, together with narrative synopses and significant tantalizing notes. In these notes can be discerned clear if mysterious associations of the Arthurian conclusion withThe Silmarillion, and the bitter ending of the love of Lancelot and Guinevere, which was never written.
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JazzFeathers
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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#FellowdhipOfTolkien

@Daisey and l are planning to start a new #MedievalTolkien read, possibly at the beginning of February.

So, you know, l was an Arthurian legends fan before l became a Tolkien fan. Is this coming full circle? 😆

Pleas join us if you are a Tolkien fan, an Arthurian legends fan, a Medieval history fan... a reader 😁

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LitsyEvents
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Repost for @Daisey

Tolkien readers, I‘m waiting on my copy to arrive in order to plan a timeline, but our next read will be The Fall of Arthur. @JazzFeathers and I hope to start at the beginning of February, but we can push it back if needed for interested readers to find copies.

Original post - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2827557

AllDebooks Count me in, please 😀 1w
Daisey @AllDebooks I‘ll add you to the list! 1w
Daisey Thanks for the post! 1w
Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I think I have this back in Ohio! Add me to the list, please. 🙂 1w
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Daisey
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Tolkien readers, I‘m waiting on my copy to arrive in order to plan a timeline, but our next read will be The Fall of Arthur. @JazzFeathers and I hope to start at the beginning of February, but we can push it back if needed for interested readers to find copies.

Although I am tagging my entire Tolkien list today, please comment if you‘re interested in being tagged for this book specifically.

#FellowshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien #JRRTolkien

wordslinger42 I would absolutely love to read this with all of you! It‘s been on my shelf for ages. 1w
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curiouserandcurioser Yes, i would love to read this! 1w
BarbaraJean Yes, please tag me! It seems my county library system has copies a-plenty. 1w
Daisey @wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean Wonderful! ✅ You‘re all added to the list! 1w
BookwormAHN I'm in 😺 1w
Susanita Consider me a definite maybe… 1w
TheAromaofBooks My library has it, so please add me to the list!! 1w
Daisey @BookwormAHN @Susanita @TheAromaofBooks ✅ You‘re on my tag list! 1w
BethM Ohhhh I‘ll try to find this! 1w
BethM Everand has it- I‘m in! 1w
Daisey @BethM Great! ✅ Added to the list! 1w
AnishaInkspill I'm interested in books by Tolkien, unfortunately I don't have time to read this but if that's ok, pls tag me to your list. Thx 7d
Daisey @AnishaInkspill Happy to add you to the list! Since you expressed interest in Tolkien generally, I added you to the list for this book and my master list so you‘ll know whenever we start another book. 7d
AnishaInkspill @Daisey that's brilliant, thank you 4d
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somebooksaround
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Thank you so much @InLibrisVeritas for this lovely package!! I‘ve already learned so much about Tolkien from this! Thank you thank you! Can‘t wait to read these books! 😍🙌

#tolkien #litsy

InLibrisVeritas You are more than welcome and I am so glad you like everything! I tried to make sure to pack the necessities for your journey; a few guides some helpful markers, scents to remind you where you started, and a few comforts. 😊 6y
somebooksaround @InLibrisVeritas its absolutely perfect! Such a fun help for the Tolkien road! Can‘t wait to real these stories with this awesome atmosphere!! Thank you thank you!! 😍🙌✌️📚 6y
KirstieE Omg 😍😍😍 6y
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bookishunicorn
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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I haven't posted in a while.....it's been a crazy lately 🙃 So, here's a little shelfie for this Sunday afternoon. Enjoy!

Nute You just spoke to my inner heart...Merlin, Arthur and Camelot. I know how I am spending the evening after dinner. BTW, I love those shelves!😍❤️ 7y
bookishunicorn @Nute Hahaha glad I could inspire 🧙⚔️🤴 Thank you!! 7y
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JenniferEgnor
The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien
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Comforte thyselff, and do as well as thou mayste, for in me ys no truste for to truste in. For I muste into the vale of Avylyon to hele me of my grevous wounde. And if thou here nevermore of me, pray for my soule!

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Cohnina
Knig Arthurs Untergang | J. R. R. Tolkien
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Aber zuerst dieses Ringbuch! #bookcrossing

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LittleWonder
The Fall of Arthur | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
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Have you ever picked a book that tied right into another book on your TBR? This happened to me yesterday! I've held on to an early edition of the of The Silmarillion for years - always putting it off for another book - guess it's finally time to move it up the list!