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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100358652979
ISBN-139780358652977
eBay Product ID (ePID)27050060111
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Book TitleSir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2021
TopicClassics, Fantasy / Arthurian, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, History, Fantasy / Epic
GenreReligion, Fiction
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight7.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisA collection of three medieval English poems translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and edited by his son, Christopher Tolkien, containing romance, tragedy, love, sex, and honor, with exclusive features., SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT , PEARL , AND SIR ORFEO THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. Arthur's brave favorite for the challenge is Sir Gawain... Accompanying Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this book are Sir Orfeo , a medieval version of the story of Orpheus and Euridice, a love so strong that it overcame death, and Pearl , the moving tale of a man in a graveyard mourning his baby daughter, lost like a pearl that slipped through his fingers. Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world. Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.R.R. Tolkien's vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals. This beautifully decorated text includes as a bonus the complete text of Tolkien's acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain.
