After lots of playing around with decisions and introductions of various books, it seems i‘ve committed myself to this book - my new morning read. Bring on Mallory.
dabbe I had to read this one after reading THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING. I'm interested to read what you think about it. 🖤🐾🖤 6d
Graywacke @dabbe So far it‘s a lot less boring 😆 Ok. i read White‘s book when I was 15 and not a book reader. And that … a lot of years ago. 6d
dabbe @Graywacke No wonder some of my students in honors English would look at me like this when we were reading it: 😳🥱😴💤... 😂 6d
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Graywacke @dabbe 😆 high school students have no tolerance for good literature, today or anytime during my lifetime (i might be exaggerating) 6d
Bookwomble This is one of my top five books. Love Malory! 6d
Graywacke @Bookwomble wow. That‘s great encouragement. On one hand I‘m ridiculously charmed. On the other, it‘s 5 minutes a page. It‘s a 60+ hour read… But it‘s my morning. I‘ll take it slow. (edited) 5d
Bookwomble @Graywacke One of my earliest memories (5 years old, perhaps) is of playing Sir Kay in an infant school play, and King Arthur and his knights have been part of my fibre ever since 😊 And, yes, it's dense! The stories in Malory are repetitive in nature, although often with different moral emphases, such as the love triangles between Arthur-Guenevere-Lancelot and Mark-Isoud-Tristram. 5d
Bookwomble My favourite story, I think, is one that Malory created rather than retold: Sir Gareth. It draws from established Arthurian themes, but put together differently. It has an undercurrent of ancient rites and magic, and psychological archetypes that I find really engaging. (Sorry, I'll stop gushing!) 5d
Graywacke @Bookwomble you have a freehand to gush on any of my posts. Especially on Mallory. I really know nothing. And you were acting characters i didn‘t know existed in infant school! You‘re a source for me! You and Monty Python! ☺️ (edited) 5d
Bookwomble Python will probably be a more reliable source! ? And "act" would probably be a generous term. Still, it definitely influenced my love of folklore and chivalrous tales ? 5d
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