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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Start date: March 1, 2018

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May 24, 2019 Laura rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, read-2019, hf-medieval-europe, audio-books, fiction, fiction-14th-century, poetic-prose

From BBC radio 4:
Set in Arthurian Britain at Christmas time with the knights of the Round Table, whose festivities at Camelot are disrupted by the appearance of a green knight.

The stranger has come to lay down a challenge - a test of courage and heart which Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew, accepts.

Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage's translation of the medieval verse romance is narrated by Ian McKellen.

Sir Gawain ...... Samuel West
The Green Knight/Sir Bertilak ...... David Fleeshman
Bertilak's wife ...more

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Apr 07, 2019 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2019, poetry, classics, european, adventure

Sir Gawain is the nephew of King Arthur and the youngest knight of his round table. This chivalric text comes from the 14th century and is one of the oldest books I have read. I am not knowledgeable of either the poetry of the time or the legend, but this reads well. It is charming and reader friendly.

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Apr 11, 2008 Jenny rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This book is a wonderful retelling of the Medieval story. The vivid illustrations and curious tale captured my children attention completely. My 4-year-old constantly looked at the pictures in the book even when we were done reading it.

As we got further in to the story, I became concerned about the temptations that Sir Gawain encountered. It sparked many discussions with my children on chastity and how to deal with temptations. We compared Sir Gawain with Joseph of Egypt.

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