T.H. White





T.H. White

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born
May 29, 1906 in Bombay, India

died
January 17, 1964

gender
male

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influences
Thomas Malory


About this author

Born in Bombay to English parents, Terence Hanbury White was educated at Cambridge and taught for some time at Stowe before deciding to write full-time. White moved to Ireland in 1939 as a conscientious objector to WWII, and lived out his years there.


Average rating: 3.97 · 39,916 ratings · 2,050 reviews · 30 distinct works
The Once and Future King
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 32,205 ratings — published 1993 — 54 editions
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The Sword in the Stone (The...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 3,937 ratings — published 1938 — 28 editions
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The Book of Merlyn (The Onc...
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 2,167 ratings — published 1977 — 26 editions
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Mistress Masham's Repose
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 1946 — 16 editions
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The Ill-Made Knight (The On...
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1940 — 6 editions
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The Book of Beasts: Being a...
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1954 — 4 editions
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The Goshawk
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1951 — 7 editions
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The Candle in the Wind (The...
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions
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The Queen of Air and Darkne...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1939 — 6 editions
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Darkness at Pemberley
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1932
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More books by T.H. White…
The Sword in the Stone The Queen of Air and Darkness The Ill-Made Knight The Candle in the Wind The Book of Merlyn
The Once and Future King (5 books)
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The Sword in the Stone
Der König auf Camelot (1 book)
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“The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.”
T.H. White, The Once and Future King

“EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY”
T.H. White, The Once and Future King

“Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.”
T.H. White, The Once and Future King

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