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  <title><![CDATA[Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems]]></title>
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  <default_description>His poems evoke the past and present, the exotic and the familiar, the rich and the poor, making this selection accessible-and applicable-to just about everyone.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">2</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1961</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems (Signet Classics)</original_title>
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  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.93]]></average_rating>
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      <name><![CDATA[Glenn Everett]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Alfred Lord Tennyson]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Arthurian fans, poets]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1968</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 28 10:47:54 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Apr 04 21:20:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My first exposure to the Matter of Britain was in junior high school when I read what was probably an abridged version of Malory illustrated by Pyle.  The next were White's Once and Future King and the musical and movie based upon it.  I picked up Tennyson because we'd read him in high school Englis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50717298">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="528335">
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  <read_at>Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat May 12 23:41:22 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tennyson, as always, exhibits lyrical excellence and weaves together the hopes, joys, fears, and tragedy that characterize the tale of King Arthur. The characters are richly portrayed, the tale itself sings, and shattered dream of Camelot becomes, for Tennyson, a solemn warning and word of remorse f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/528335">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65391028">
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    <name><![CDATA[Thalia]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jul 29 07:42:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 23 19:20:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it, I just didn't love it.  I suppose I just rather have a story that tells the whole part.  The poetic delivery became a bit tiresome after a bit save for a few moments during each chapter I had chills.  Glad I read it but won't be clamouring for a repeat....]]></body>
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    <review id="56388335">
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  <date_added>Sun May 17 12:25:08 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 17 12:26:53 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Again, this makes up part of the core of my knowledge of the Arthurian legends, and was an early influence in how I saw that world, forming most of my opinions of the characters involved. Another foundation novel, in my opinion. Besides, I like Tennyson.]]></body>
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    <review id="5730547">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 02 14:14:09 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[thanks to markson, i now know that auden said tennyson had the finest ear of asny english poet, and was also undoubtedly the stupidest. considering that i rank ears more important than brains, i'm giving it a shot. ]]></body>
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    <review id="6700485">
    <user id="161940">
    <name><![CDATA[Bob]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Sep 24 08:40:01 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Its time to reread this poem now that I've reached the age of decline where, &quot;we are not now that force which once moved earth and heaven.&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="1685857">
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  <date_updated>Tue Jun 05 14:07:19 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good stories, but I would have preferred them if they weren't poems.  But that's just cuz I don't like poetry.]]></body>
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    <review id="50877877">
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I especially liked In Memoriam A.A.H., and from Idylls of the King, the stories of Geraint and Enid. ]]></body>
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    <review id="9196051">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Poetry fans, Arthurian saga fans]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 16 09:34:45 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 26 10:11:34 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I like King Arthur legends and stuff, but I'm not at all a poetry fan... ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutly beautiful and enchanting.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poetry is difficult to read]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 08:16:12 -0800 2009</date_added>
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