SIR Gawain AND THE Green Knight , Pearl , AND SIR Orfeo THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.
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His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide..
Tolkien (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings , and The Silmarillion .
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This beautifully decorated text includes as a bonus the complete text of Tolkien\'s acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain.
Tolkien\'s vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals.
Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.
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Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world.
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.
Arthur\'s brave favorite for the challenge is Sir Gawain...
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.
Tolkien It\'s Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won\'t begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry.
SIR Gawain AND THE Green Knight , Pearl , AND SIR Orfeo THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.
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