Tales from King Arthur
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- Author：Andrew Lang
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Summary
In this selection of tales by the master folklorist Andrew Lang， the reader is taken into the romantic world of the gallant Knights of the Round Table and their courageous and chivalrous deeds， fair maidens， castles steeped in history， the quest for the Holy Grail， and the tragic love of King Arthur and Sir Lancelot for Guinevere， and Tristan for Iseult。
The Arthurian legends are the most potent of the thrilling and mist-enshrouded tales of adventure to be passed down from pre-recorded history， and they have as much appeal today as they did in the age of the troubadours。
The Arthurian legends are the most potent of the thrilling and mist-enshrouded tales of adventure to be passed down from pre-recorded history， and they have as much appeal today as they did in the age of the troubadours。
Reviews
Erica H
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I read this one for class。 I teach a King Arthur unit。 This isn’t my favorite version of the Arthurian legends， but it’s written in a way that is easy for my students to understand。 It doesn’t require much scaffolding for basic understanding。 They get the idea of the King Arthur story， and we are able to discuss on a deeper level。 It leaves out details， but it does get the job done。 When I felt it was necessary， I have filled in details for them as we read。 The students should be able to recogni I read this one for class。 I teach a King Arthur unit。 This isn’t my favorite version of the Arthurian legends， but it’s written in a way that is easy for my students to understand。 It doesn’t require much scaffolding for basic understanding。 They get the idea of the King Arthur story， and we are able to discuss on a deeper level。 It leaves out details， but it does get the job done。 When I felt it was necessary， I have filled in details for them as we read。 The students should be able to recognize allusions to the legends and understand the influence of the stories on Brit lit as they continue their studies。 。。。more
Lyds Cl
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3。5 - good intro to the stories of King Arthur。 Librivox recording and the narrator had a robotic narrative voice so was lacking depth or emotion and seemed to miss a lot of punctuation， almost as if Alexa was reading the book！
Maria Uzma Ansari
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A decent introduction to the legends of King Arthur。
Carrie Dehart
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Classic tales， but so sad at the end！ I could see the doom and destruction coming。 My first time to read the more traditional version of the King Arthur stories。
bLueeekun
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Kral Arthur efsanesini izlediğim yapımlardan sağdan soldan okuduğum şeylerden az çok biliyorum。 Kitap parça parça bize hikaye anlatıyor。 Belki de hiç duymadığımız kişilerin bile hikayesini okuyoruz。 Genel olarak kitaptan memnun kaldım ancak üç karakteri anlatan hikayelerin yetersiz veya neredeyse hiç olmaması bana garip geldi。Bunların birincisi Morgana。 Bu arada bunları az buldum dedim ama gerçekte bütün efsane hikayelerinin hepsi kitapta varmıdır yok mudur bilmiyorum。 İkinci karakter ise Merlin Kral Arthur efsanesini izlediğim yapımlardan sağdan soldan okuduğum şeylerden az çok biliyorum。 Kitap parça parça bize hikaye anlatıyor。 Belki de hiç duymadığımız kişilerin bile hikayesini okuyoruz。 Genel olarak kitaptan memnun kaldım ancak üç karakteri anlatan hikayelerin yetersiz veya neredeyse hiç olmaması bana garip geldi。Bunların birincisi Morgana。 Bu arada bunları az buldum dedim ama gerçekte bütün efsane hikayelerinin hepsi kitapta varmıdır yok mudur bilmiyorum。 İkinci karakter ise Merlin。 Merlin'in Arthur'la olan ilişkisini az çok biliyoruz。 Arthur'un en iyi dostu olarak biliniyor diye biliyorum ama gelin görünki adam akıllı bir hikayesi yok。 Üçüncü kişi ise belki çok şaşıracaksınız， Kral Arthur。 Arthur'la ilgili bildiğimiz her şey burada var。 Excalibur， Gölün Hanımı， kayadan kılıç çıkarması falan。 Ben daha fazla hikaye olmasını isterdim ama çok fazlası malesef yok。 Tekrarlıyorum sonuçta bu bir efsane ve hepsi bu kitapta mıdır değil midir bilemiyorum。 Her şeye rağmen okunabilir。 Oldukça ilgi çekici ve kendisini çok rahat bir şekilde okutturuyor。 。。。more
Lee Bartholomew
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Given someone says most of these are from 1902 or a collection from。 Makes sense given the sort of old American or that sort of English it is written in。 As it's not modern。 It's not Old English but somewhere in between。 It's harder to read until about Lancelot and Guinevere bit and then it flies。 Book I have matches this cover with an ISBN that does not match the cover。 Better spoke the cover that is shown for my ISBN is something else。 This does not have a 13 # ISBN but is a 1995 reprint， boun Given someone says most of these are from 1902 or a collection from。 Makes sense given the sort of old American or that sort of English it is written in。 As it's not modern。 It's not Old English but somewhere in between。 It's harder to read until about Lancelot and Guinevere bit and then it flies。 Book I have matches this cover with an ISBN that does not match the cover。 Better spoke the cover that is shown for my ISBN is something else。 This does not have a 13 # ISBN but is a 1995 reprint， bound and printed in Denmark。 Very light paper。 For such a small book。 Was easy to read in the middle。 Took me nearly 24 yrs but I did get to it。 Just tales and if you wanna get another book done in your goal on goodreads why not :） 。。。more
Orpheus
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Maya Kitap'ın Mitolojik Hikayeler dizisinden ilk kitabı Britonların mitolojisi Kral Arthur'a ayrılmış。 Bu ve ikinci kitapta da kapak tasarımı ve renk seçimi çok güzel， bu işlerle ilgilenen insanları özellikle tebrik etmek isterim。Kitap dört kısımdan oluşuyor， dört kısım da Arthur'un ve meşhur Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri'nin çeşitli cesurluklarını anlatıyor。 Başlangıç olarak Arthur'un kral oluşu ve efsane kılıç Excalibur anlatılmış， bitiş olarak da Arthur'un ölümü ele alınmış。 İçerik olarak bu mito Maya Kitap'ın Mitolojik Hikayeler dizisinden ilk kitabı Britonların mitolojisi Kral Arthur'a ayrılmış。 Bu ve ikinci kitapta da kapak tasarımı ve renk seçimi çok güzel， bu işlerle ilgilenen insanları özellikle tebrik etmek isterim。Kitap dört kısımdan oluşuyor， dört kısım da Arthur'un ve meşhur Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri'nin çeşitli cesurluklarını anlatıyor。 Başlangıç olarak Arthur'un kral oluşu ve efsane kılıç Excalibur anlatılmış， bitiş olarak da Arthur'un ölümü ele alınmış。 İçerik olarak bu mitolojiyi anlamaya yetecek kadar bilgi var， ama derinlemesine öğrenmek istiyorsanız daha eski kaynaklara başvurmanız gerekecek。 Bu kitap yatmadan önce ya da boş bir vakitte okunacak kadar basitleştirerek ve genellemesine anlatmış mitolojiyi。 Kötü bir özellik değil asla， çoğumuzun işine yarayacak bir şey bu。 Yazarın dili yeterince akıcı， çeviri kusursuz。 Baştan sona macera ve biraz da gerçeklik dolu bir kitap arıyorsanız， bunları yaparken bir yandan da Arthur'u tanımak istiyorsanız bu kitap sizi bekler。Keyifli okumalar dilerim。 。。。more
Meredith
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（With Ben & Mabry）
Red Sea
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Curse this story。 For I'm not a woman who prays。 But may a blessed soul wish for certain individuals from this book a better life on the rebirth they're destined to have。This story is so sexist in its base form， without meaning it probably， after all， the lore was written long ago， but Gods be damned if I didn't grow to hate Guenevere so much。I've been writing curses in this book from the get go。Oh the irony。From，One who awaits The One True King's Return Curse this story。 For I'm not a woman who prays。 But may a blessed soul wish for certain individuals from this book a better life on the rebirth they're destined to have。This story is so sexist in its base form， without meaning it probably， after all， the lore was written long ago， but Gods be damned if I didn't grow to hate Guenevere so much。I've been writing curses in this book from the get go。Oh the irony。From，One who awaits The One True King's Return 。。。more
Angie
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My daughter loved listening to these tales。
Celyn
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This took me a while to get through because I listened to the audiobook and I really wasn't a fan of the narrators voice which is unusual for me。I prefer Benedict Flynn's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to this as I think it's got more depth for what they both are。 This took me a while to get through because I listened to the audiobook and I really wasn't a fan of the narrators voice which is unusual for me。I prefer Benedict Flynn's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table to this as I think it's got more depth for what they both are。 。。。more
Fatih Çetin
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Britanya mitleri ilgimi çektiği için kitabı okumaya başladım。 Kitap 4 bölümden oluşmaktadır。 1。 bölüm kitaba adını veren Arthur'un kılıcı çekmesi ile kral olmasını ve Excalibur adlı kılıca ulaşmasını anlatıyor。 Ayrıca bazı Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri'nin hayatlarından destansı hikayeler bulunmaktadır。 Merlin karakteri ile 1。 bölüm bitiyor。 2。 bölümde şövalyelerin kutsal kaseyi arayışları， 3。 bölümde Kraliçe adına savaşlar ve son yani 4。 bölümde ise kendisine ihanet edenler ile savaşan bir Arthur h Britanya mitleri ilgimi çektiği için kitabı okumaya başladım。 Kitap 4 bölümden oluşmaktadır。 1。 bölüm kitaba adını veren Arthur'un kılıcı çekmesi ile kral olmasını ve Excalibur adlı kılıca ulaşmasını anlatıyor。 Ayrıca bazı Yuvarlak Masa Şövalyeleri'nin hayatlarından destansı hikayeler bulunmaktadır。 Merlin karakteri ile 1。 bölüm bitiyor。 2。 bölümde şövalyelerin kutsal kaseyi arayışları， 3。 bölümde Kraliçe adına savaşlar ve son yani 4。 bölümde ise kendisine ihanet edenler ile savaşan bir Arthur hikayeleri okuyoruz。 Kitap boyutu ufak olduğu için kısa sürede okunacak bir kitap。 Çeviri çok sıkıntı değildi。 2-3 yerde bir sıkıntı gördüm ama okumaya engel bir durum yoktu。 Kitap tasarımı da bana çok güzel geldi。 Bu konulara ilgi duyanların okumasını istediğim güzel bir kitap。 Puanım 5/5。Ayrıca şu sahneyi de atmasam olmaz。 :）https://www。youtube。com/watch？v=Rq0NY。。。 。。。more
Aslı
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I've read more detailed fanfictions I've read more detailed fanfictions 。。。more
Bob
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THIS was the King Arthur book I was looking for。 This includes all the famous stories: the search for the Holy Grail， Lancelot and Guinevere， Merlin and Nimue， etc。 It's all delightfully Medieval， chivalrous and rather bonkers （but it is， after all， Medieval mythology， so it's an alien world to our modern way of thinking: it should be somewhat baffling）。 The chivalry seems quaint and foreign， as well it should， but it also seems believable and authentic。 Parts of the whole thing haven't aged wel THIS was the King Arthur book I was looking for。 This includes all the famous stories: the search for the Holy Grail， Lancelot and Guinevere， Merlin and Nimue， etc。 It's all delightfully Medieval， chivalrous and rather bonkers （but it is， after all， Medieval mythology， so it's an alien world to our modern way of thinking: it should be somewhat baffling）。 The chivalry seems quaint and foreign， as well it should， but it also seems believable and authentic。 Parts of the whole thing haven't aged well and don't make much sense to me， but for the most part I quite enjoyed it and was pleased to read it。 。。。more
Chiara。L
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It's more like 2。5 It's more like 2。5 。。。more
S。S。
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This was a nice collection of tales centring around King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table。 A lot of the stories are short and quick to read through， which provide a nice introduction to the tales and folklore surrounding the king。 I know quite a lot of these tales already because I really like anything King Arthur related。 As such， I have read quite a bit about him already; that didn't mar my enjoyment of the book however。 It still was nice to refreshify my memory！ I really loved the ar This was a nice collection of tales centring around King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table。 A lot of the stories are short and quick to read through， which provide a nice introduction to the tales and folklore surrounding the king。 I know quite a lot of these tales already because I really like anything King Arthur related。 As such， I have read quite a bit about him already; that didn't mar my enjoyment of the book however。 It still was nice to refreshify my memory！ I really loved the artwork included in this book too。 I know I will enjoy this book again in the future。 。。。more
غنية
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This was a gift from my good friend Naila。 '' To the sweetest girl I've ever met， Naila 2017。11。05'' you wrote : ）Very like children book from the cover， you'd think But NOOO， anything but that！ A dark story with a darker ending。 The thing about this book that it doesn't particularly dive deeply in the story of King Arthur and Excalibur the legendary sword but rather narrates the adventures of the round table knights in a set of short stories among which entertained me most are Sir Lancelot's an This was a gift from my good friend Naila。 '' To the sweetest girl I've ever met， Naila 2017。11。05'' you wrote : ）Very like children book from the cover， you'd think But NOOO， anything but that！ A dark story with a darker ending。 The thing about this book that it doesn't particularly dive deeply in the story of King Arthur and Excalibur the legendary sword but rather narrates the adventures of the round table knights in a set of short stories among which entertained me most are Sir Lancelot's and his son Sir Galahad's 。。。yep that's all x）。 Others are the stories of Queen Guenevere and MERIN the wizard。 Oh， Merin。。。 sadly he had to depart us at the very beginning T-T。I'm not sure if I'll be reading King Arthur's tales again， I mean I like the concept of it and the enchanted sword but come on！ the adventures are a LITTLE BIT OVERRATED。。。 。。。more
✨Bean's Books✨
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This book is written in a very interesting way。 When the characters talk they speak in the Old English that they would have in their time。 Some of what they say is difficult to understand especially to the layman。 It is a very short account of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table。 All in all it was an interesting read。 Very entertaining。
Lindri Setyaningrum
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Ga terlalu tebal tapi banyak yang di-skip。 Tertarik bagian romancenya aja haha。 Hubungan Arthur - Guinevere - Lancelot ini menarik。 Terharu ending Lancelot mengantar wanita yang dicintainya ke peristirahatan terakhir di samping suaminya。 Noble knight emang :'（Baca di sela-sela gabut pegawe baru wkwkwk Ga terlalu tebal tapi banyak yang di-skip。 Tertarik bagian romancenya aja haha。 Hubungan Arthur - Guinevere - Lancelot ini menarik。 Terharu ending Lancelot mengantar wanita yang dicintainya ke peristirahatan terakhir di samping suaminya。 Noble knight emang :'（Baca di sela-sela gabut pegawe baru wkwkwk 。。。more
Priyadarshni Palanikumar
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This was the first time of my reading Arthurian legends。 So， this review will be totally unbiased。 They were very interesting！ And I really understand how the Game of Thrones books are compared to all the battles of those ages。 It is a good book for a beginner in these legends， I must say。 The one thing that I didn't like very much was the meandering storyline。 I have mentioned the same about the Game of Thrones books， but， that is way too much swaying。 This book is not so much， but， I still los This was the first time of my reading Arthurian legends。 So， this review will be totally unbiased。 They were very interesting！ And I really understand how the Game of Thrones books are compared to all the battles of those ages。 It is a good book for a beginner in these legends， I must say。 The one thing that I didn't like very much was the meandering storyline。 I have mentioned the same about the Game of Thrones books， but， that is way too much swaying。 This book is not so much， but， I still lost myself in places and had to go back to flesh out a timeline。Oh， and I am now very much inclined to read a detailed version of Lancelot and Galahad and Guenevere！ 。。。more
Mandi Almaguer
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cool day read。。 because Merlin
Meri
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It was an okay set of tales regarding King Arthur and the famed Knights of the Round Table， but overall， it was not for me。 I found myself drifting off and towards the end， skim reading it which is never a good sign。
Jules
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Quintessential spring reading， the tales include: "The Sword in the Stone" and "The Quest for the Holy Grail。" Even for being a work of folklore， it highlights the political and social order of the high middle ages。 This is first and foremost a love story。 Quintessential spring reading， the tales include: "The Sword in the Stone" and "The Quest for the Holy Grail。" Even for being a work of folklore， it highlights the political and social order of the high middle ages。 This is first and foremost a love story。 。。。more
Michael
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This is a very nice collection of short stories about King Arthur and his various knights。 Sometimes， however， the stories seem too short and end almost as soon as they begin。 Despite that， they're still fun， quick reads。 This is a very nice collection of short stories about King Arthur and his various knights。 Sometimes， however， the stories seem too short and end almost as soon as they begin。 Despite that， they're still fun， quick reads。 。。。more
Ella
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i did not enjoy it。
La Mala ✌
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3。5A pesar de la prosa simple （es un libro para wachines mi edición） y de la esperada glorificación exagerada a los santos de la espada， Arturo es LA leyenda， y los caballeros de la mesa redonda son sus dignos profetas; cada uno con historia propia， con damsel in distress o sin ella， pero siempre con la espada lista y el corazón puesto en el Rey。 Y， ante todo， el Bro Code y Bro's before Ho's- que en esa época se conocía como el Code of Chivalry， claro。P。D。 ¿Soy muy cliché si digo que Sir Lancelo 3。5A pesar de la prosa simple （es un libro para wachines mi edición） y de la esperada glorificación exagerada a los santos de la espada， Arturo es LA leyenda， y los caballeros de la mesa redonda son sus dignos profetas; cada uno con historia propia， con damsel in distress o sin ella， pero siempre con la espada lista y el corazón puesto en el Rey。 Y， ante todo， el Bro Code y Bro's before Ho's- que en esa época se conocía como el Code of Chivalry， claro。P。D。 ¿Soy muy cliché si digo que Sir Lancelot fue mi personaje favorito？ ¿Es evitable semejante preferencia？[Reseña pendiente] 。。。more
Andre Piucci
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"The sword itself he put in a magic stone， which floated down the stream to Camelot， that is now called Winchester。（。。。） and said Arthur: far more grievous to me is the loss of my good Knights， than of my Queen; for Queens I might have in plenty， but no man had ever such a company of Knights。" "The sword itself he put in a magic stone， which floated down the stream to Camelot， that is now called Winchester。（。。。） and said Arthur: far more grievous to me is the loss of my good Knights， than of my Queen; for Queens I might have in plenty， but no man had ever such a company of Knights。" 。。。more
Kristen
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This is a great， condensed refresher on Arthurian legend。 It contains a series of short tales from King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table， basically summarizing the legends。 It's missing the action and characterization that you get with other adaptations of the tales， but is instead an educational approach to the stories。 I wouldn't recommend reading this before other adaptations， as you may get a bit lost， but it could still serve as a quick introductory course to a handful of the stori This is a great， condensed refresher on Arthurian legend。 It contains a series of short tales from King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table， basically summarizing the legends。 It's missing the action and characterization that you get with other adaptations of the tales， but is instead an educational approach to the stories。 I wouldn't recommend reading this before other adaptations， as you may get a bit lost， but it could still serve as a quick introductory course to a handful of the stories。 。。。more
Jaida Lapsley
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More like 3。5
Liltánel
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I thought this was pretty good。 I had a harder time understanding the Holy Grail stories， but all in all， it was a good book。 I'll be looking for more King Arthur anthologies。 I thought this was pretty good。 I had a harder time understanding the Holy Grail stories， but all in all， it was a good book。 I'll be looking for more King Arthur anthologies。 。。。more
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