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Stories from Le Morte D'arthur and the Mabinogion | Beatrice Clay

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The lovely Aubrey Beardsley frontispiece and title page of Beatrice Clay's retelling of Arthurian stories.
Although written for older children of the Edwardian era, and therefore removing certain "unsuitable" elements, it's not as moralistic as I'd feared it might be. Her afterword about knightly privilege being predicated on exploitation and enslavement of peasants is rather forward-thinking. 4.75 ?

Bookwomble The summary of one of my favourite Malory stories, Sir Gareth and Linette, the "Damosel Sauvage", has whetted my appetite for more Arthurian tales ?️ 4d

CarolynM Beardsley ❤️ 4d

The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble I felt like that after reading Arthurian tales too. 4d

tpixie Beautiful illustrations! 🖤🩶🤍 4d

bibliothecarivs 😍 4d

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Bookwomble

Stories from Le Morte D'arthur and the Mabinogion | Beatrice Clay

This 1934 edition of Beatrice Clay's Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion is an Edwardian retelling of the main Arthurian stories. I've had it for decades, so it's time is come to be read!
Written for children, the first 1901 edition left out Morgan le Fay, what with their relationship being "complicated", I suppose, but this reprint of the 1905 edition incorporated Morgan in suitably bowdlerised form.
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Bookwomble While it's a neat little edition, it's also a cheap reprint, without the original Dora Curtis illustrations, which the internet suggests are rather good, so that's a shame. 2w

Leftcoastzen Still , very pretty! 2w

Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen It has a nice Aubrey Beardsley frontispiece, which is some consolation 😊 1w

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dabbe

The Once and Future King | T. H. White

#threelistthursday
#tlt
@dabbe

Even worse score than last week. Only 4 lists to go, thank God! 🤣
Favorites:
√THINGS FALL APART
√THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING (which should count as 4 books, IMHO).
√TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Read4life I had a whopping 4! 🤪 2w

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dabbe

The Once & Future King | T. H. White

#threelistthursday #tlt @dabbe
My score reeked. Quite a few are on my TBR; I just haven't read them yet. Three faves:
1. THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING: “The fantastic thing about war was that it was fought about nothing--literally nothing.“
2. OUTLANDER (called CROSS STITCH in the UK): “I am your master…and you're mine. Seems I canna possess your soul without losing my own.“
3. THE 39 STEPS: “The men who knew that he knew what he knew had found him.”

ChaoticMissAdventures I am trying to get to once and future king I think this summer, I have had it for years and just have not gotten around to it. 2mo

rubyslippersreads One of my favorite books. 2mo

DGRachel I didn‘t realize Cross Stitch was Outlander! That brings my dismal total up to 16. 🤪 2mo

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rwmg 45 I am at a severe disadvantage never having read any Jacqueline Wilson 2mo

BethM I‘ve had Once and Future King recommended to me a few times. 2mo

dabbe @ChaoticMissAdventures It's in my top five of all time. It's actually 4 novellas rolled into one big chunkster. 😍 2mo

dabbe @rubyslippersreads TOAFK? 🎯🩵🎯 2mo

dabbe @DGRachel I was only 22, so we're in good company! I looked it up because I never heard of that title by her (she lives in Scottsdale, AZ, so I know a bit about her!) Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 2mo

dabbe @rwmg 🎯! Plus I've never read one Terry Pratchett either! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💙💚💙 2mo

dabbe @BethM In my top 5 of all time. 🩵 2mo

rubyslippersreads @dabbe Yes. I think I was in my early teens when I first read it. 2mo

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bibliothecarivs

The Quest for Merlin | Nikolai Tolstoy

Random book from our home library:

📖 The Quest for Merlin by Nikolai Tolstoy

Bookwomble I have this one, too 😊 I read it in the '80s during my peak Arthurian phase, so it's a bit hazy now, but I remember enjoying it. Have you read the tagged? It's Tolstoy's fantasy retelling of the Merlin story based on Welsh traditions, and I really enjoyed this one. It was intended as the first in a trilogy, which was sadly sidelined when he lost a libel suit.

Coming of the King

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bibliothecarivs @Bookwomble, I have not read that one. Your description made me think of The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart, which I did read about 30 years ago for school and enjoyed.

The Crystal Cave: Book One of the Arthurian Saga

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dabbe

The Once and Future King | T. H. White

#aprilpoetrychallenge
#NationalPoetryMonth
#magic
@wanderinglynn

lil1inblue Oooh! I love this one! 😍 3mo

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💚💚💚 3mo

wanderinglynn Fantastic! ❤️ 3mo

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 💚💚💚 3mo

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bibliothecarivs

The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard Pyle

Random book from our home library:

📖 The Story of the Champions of the Round Table Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve read many of the Arthur stories, but not Pyle‘s. It looks a bit daunting and yet, strangely compelling at the same time. 😊 3mo

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Born.A.Reader

The Crystal Cave: Book One of the Arthurian Saga | Mary Stewart

#DoubleLetterTitle #DynamicDs
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛👌🏻 3mo

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 3mo

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dabbe

The Once and Future King | T. H. White

#coverstories
#lake
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A fave movie (EXCALIBUR) and novel.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 👌🏻 3mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks TY. 💚 3mo

JessClark78 Love this movie. 🗡🖤 3mo

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rwmg A favourite film but so embarrassing the first time I saw it. I was sobbing all the way home on the tube. 3mo

Ruthiella I loved this movie too. And it has SO MANY actors that would go on to be mega-famous. 3mo

dabbe @JessClark78 IKR? 💚🗡️💚 3mo

dabbe @rwmg I can still hear the music rising (and the vegetation coming to life again) when Arthur and his men go to fight Mordred in the last battle in the movie. 😭 3mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯💚🎯 3mo

Eggs Well played 🗡️ 🩵👏🏻 3mo

dabbe @Eggs TY. 💚🗡️💚 3mo

TheLudicReader I love this movie. 3mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🎯🎯🎯! 3mo

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Daisey

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

The section about the unwritten poem and notes were interesting and similar to what I expected. However, I was hoping for more in the connections to The Silmarillion. I think I was looking more for character comparison rather than about sailing into the west. I‘ll be curious to hear what everyone else thinks.

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BarbaraJean Like you, I was hoping for more connections. Character connections would have been so interesting! It felt like Christopher Tolkien was trying to keep his own ideas/interpretations out of it, but I actually would have liked more of his own analysis here--the topic felt a little thin on material. 4mo

JazzFeathers @BarbaraJean @Daisey l actually quite enjoyed it. I remember when we read The Lost Road that Christopher told of that grand idea about connecting different legends from the past, which Tolkien would have probably written (at least in part) had he not written The Lord of the Rings. I didn't imagine some parts actually exist. ⬇️ 4mo

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JazzFeathers I too was expecting more comparison to the character from the Silmarillion becausecl saw some similarities myself, yet l found the connection between Avalon and Numenor (which l didn't expect) fascinating. 4mo

Daisey @BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers I don‘t expect a lot of interpretation from Christopher, as I feel for the most part he always tried to avoid too much of that. I found the connections made between Avalon and Numenor interesting, but just wanted more. It‘s a common thing for me when I read this incomplete works. 4mo

BarbaraJean @Daisey I understand why he would try to avoid interpretation, it's just that for this topic I think that's what I wanted 😆 Honestly with these essays so far my main response is that I want more. I'd love to read this book as part of a class on Arthurian myths and legends, to dive deeper into all the sources Tolkien was drawing from. 4mo

Daisey @BarbaraJean I think as part of an Arthurian class would be a great way to read it. 4mo

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