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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

John Steinbeck

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#4715 of 8,085 books · #823 in Fantasy

Shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1977).

Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur was the first book that John Steinbeck truly enjoyed reading as a child. Fascinated by Arthurian tales of adventure, knighthood, honor and friendship, in addition to the challenging nuances of the original Anglo-Saxon language, Steinbeck set out to render these stories faithfully and with keen animation for a modern audience. Here then is Steinbeck's modernization of the adventure of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, featuring the icons of Arthurian legend—including King Arthur, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, the incomparable Queen Guinevere, and Arthur's purest knight, Sir Lancelot of the Lake. These enduring tales of loyalty and betrayal in the time of Camelot flicker with the wonder and magic of an era past but not forgotten. This edition includes the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the original editor of this volume.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN-13
9781440655524
Topics
Arthurian legendKnighthood and honorLoyalty and betrayal

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