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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. 21h

Leftcoastzen Still , very pretty! 21h

Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen It has a nice Aubrey Beardsley frontispiece, which is some consolation 😊 7h

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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! 🤪 3d

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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! 😍 2mo

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💚💚💚 2mo

wanderinglynn Fantastic! ❤️ 2mo

dabbe @wanderinglynn TY! 💚💚💚 2mo

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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. 😊 2mo

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Born.A.Reader

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

#DoubleLetterTitle #DynamicDs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💛👌🏻 2mo

Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 2mo

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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

This is my favorite line so far in this section, “The Evolution of the Poem.” Even after works were published, they weren‘t always safe from further revisions by Tolkien.

“As a rule, indeed, no manuscript of my father‘s could be regarded as ‘final‘ until it had safely left his hands.”

#FellowshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien

Daisey @JazzFeathers @Wordslinger42 @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean @BookwormAHN @Susanita @TheAromaOfBooks @AllDeBooks @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes @BethM @AnishaInkSpell @BooksAndCoffee4Me

*Let me know if you want to be added or removed from the tag list. 3mo

KadaGul What a great quote. Loved😍 it. 3mo

BarbaraJean Haha—yes! This made me chuckle. Nothing was safe from further revision! 3mo

JazzFeathers I love Christopher 😂 3mo

Daisey @KadaGul @BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers Yes! It‘s such a great line from Christopher. 3mo

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JazzFeathers

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

#FelloewshipOfTolkien #MedievalTolkien

Seriously, I'm quite intrigued by this Guenevere.
She seems very different from Tolkien's women, who generally carrie a strong creation energy.
This Guenevere seem to be rather on the other side of the spectrum. She seems to be quite the careless destroyer.

JazzFeathers @Daisey @wordslinger42 @BookwormAHN @BethM @TheAromaOfBooks @curiouserandcurioser @BarbaraJean @Susanita @AllDeBooks @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes @AnishalnkSpell 4mo

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