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  <title><![CDATA[Tristan and Iseult / تریستان و ایزوت]]></title>
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  <default_description>Contents: Childhood of Tristan; Morholt Out of Ireland; Quest of the Lady with the Hair of Gold; Philtre; Tall Pinetree; Discovery; Chantry Leap; Wood of Morois; Ogrin the Hermit; The Ford; Ordeal by Iron; Little Fairy Bell; Iseult of the White Hands; Madness of Tristan; Death of Tristan.</default_description>
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  <original_title>The Romance of Tristan and Iseult</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[ژوزف بدیه]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Before Romeo and Juliet, and Lancelot and Guenevere, there were Tristan and Iseult.<br/><br/><br/>Tristan and Iseult's story is one of honor, betrayal, jealousy, forbidden love, potions, Kings, Queens, etc... It has everything needed to create a lasting and memorable tale. The wording in this sto...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44104180">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot; Tristan and Iseult &quot; is one of the oldest stories written in french, certainly one of the founding works of the Modern novel.  <br/>The legend of &quot;Tristan and Iseult&quot; is based on the oral tradition. &quot;Tristan and Iseult&quot; actually entered the French Literature written ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65750759">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kept my attention. Long before Hobbits and Harry Potters there was this. Picture yourself in a hall, with log fire and torch-light, with some fairly evil smells coming from a rush covered floor - the story teller begins ... yes, this tale really works. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a despicable soothsaying dwarf!<br/><br/>passion and joy most sharp, and anguish without end, and death!<br/><br/>evil giants!<br/><br/>a magic, multicolored dog with a little fairy bell!<br/><br/>why anyone writes books without these things is a mystery to me. plus it's all true.]]></body>
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    <review id="70621612">
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    <body><![CDATA[<p>An interesting tale, but I did not care for the love chemistry involved. Tristan and Iseult fall in love because they drink a love potion together. They have no choice but to love each other. All their sin throughout the book is pardoned because it's not their &quot;fault.&quot;</p><p>It is interesting, th...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70621612">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though this was first published in 1900 I think it is a beautiful compilation of the old poetry and legend. I was surprisingly moved by the way Bedier retold the story. Make sure you read the introduction written by Bedier, he claims to be more a historian than a story teller and attempts to st...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49434486">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="8750351">
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    <body><![CDATA[مرحوم دكتر پرويز ناتل خانلري برگرداني زيبا از داستان عاشقانه تريستان و ايزوت را به سال 1334 عرضه داشت. اينك پس  از سال ها انتشارات نيلوفر اين منظومه را تجديد چاپ كرده اس...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8750351">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Bedier's version is wonderful. He doesn't do anything overtly daring wtih the story. He tells Tristan and Isolde the same way you've probably heard it a thousand times. I bet he even used Wolfram's text as the original. On a sentence by sentence level, though, this is a breathtaking book with no lac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69352522">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was only very mildly interested in this book throughout. It is written and translated from such old language and verbage that makes it uncomfortable to read and to connect with. It also cannot make up its mind if it is a romance or a tragedy - the correct formula for a tragic romance is lost withi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72861101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting story.  It's clear that this story was compiled from several sources and you can kind of see how the stories probably grew and were told.  I'm sure these stories influenced many others that would come after.<br/><br/>Simple story, tragic romance.  Heroes and villans.<br/><br/>Worth r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59437020">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a lovely classic and a very poetic/traditional translation. Not quite a modern translation but it definitely seems to carry the  depth and grace of the original.<br/><br/>The logic of the lovers in the story is quite muddied and so the story takes a bit of the roundabout nature akin to the arthuri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/775026">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Listened to this on Librivox and it was beautifully narrated but very confusing because there were so many characters.  This is one action packed story. It's supposed to be this great romance but Tristan and Iseult didn't fall in love, they had a spell cast on them so is that a romance?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I should start a category of &quot;Classics I'm re-reading--or actually reading for the first time.&quot;  I've known the story, of course, but it was good to read it all in one place.  It's still a great story!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It saddens me that their wild, reckless, all-encompassing love is said to be the fault of a magical potion. Nevertheless, it is still a classic story of a love that overrules all reason.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Readable and fascinating narrative based on the fragmentary troubador tales of doomed chivalric love.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Somehow this is the book I chose to read for fun over Spring Break.]]></body>
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