false 93282 31 <div>The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton <i>Morte d'Arthur</i>, and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing."<br><br>Also included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on <i>King Arthur</i>. <br></div> 474953 1976 The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights total:678|5:176|4:226|3:201|2:64|1:11| 678 2526 1122 62 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 18:43:09 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 11:32:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 19:39:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 09:05:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 12 20:33:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 13:59:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 20:33:28 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 21:29:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 10:23:21 -0700 2009 Perhaps my favorite sentence also could serve as a theme to the book:
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I found this book at a used book store in Santa Barbara. Who knew that John Steinbeck took such an interest in medieval times. Since Steinbeck is one of my favor authors and since I love the middle ages, I had to own this book.

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Finally finished it. The three stars are generous. Better than ok. ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 10 13:33:14 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 13:34:50 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Jul 08 16:28:15 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 13:45:48 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 06:41:33 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 06:42:29 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=93282