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Buy Le Morte D'Arthur Volume 1: v. 1 by Thomas Malory - Paperback by Malory, Thomas, Cowen, Janet, Lawlor, John online on desertcart.ae at best prices. ✓ Fast and free shipping ✓ free returns ✓ cash on delivery available on eligible purchase. Review: Review for the Penguin edition (ed.) Lawlor & Cowen, vols 1 & 2 desertcart have rather irritatingly conflated the reviews for the various editions of Malory's Morte D'Arthur regardless of whether they are abridged or in full. This review is for the two-volume Penguin edition which is the complete text. We don't really know who 'Malory' was, but this is a wonderful English compilation of the myths and legends surrounding Arthur, Camelot and the knights of the Round Table, drawn primarily from the French (Breton and Celtic). Volume 1 feels slightly fragmented as it jumps around between the knights and inserts the Lady of the Lake and her maidens such as Nimue with no explanation. So you certainly shouldn't approach this expecting something like a novel with backstory and extensive exposition: here we're thrust into a chivalric world replete with magic and just need to accept the values of that world. Volume 2 is perhaps more integrated as it tightens the focus especially on knights such as Lancelot, Galahad and Gawain. It is here that we get the quest for the Holy Grail (Sangreal) and a tight focus on Galahad. We also have the sexual triangle between Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere which becomes marvellously fraught with emotion and tension. The break-up of the Round Table and the final death of Arthur is movingly conveyed with a sense of the elegiac passing of a lost world. So the first volume is a scene-setter, in some ways, for what has come to epitomise the central story of Arthur, with a much tighter and more integrated volume two. I love Malory's re-telling, nevertheless, and am very happy to lose myself in this dark and, ultimately, tragic chivalric romance. Review: This was a gift that the recipient loved!
| Best Sellers Rank | #288,248 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #94 in History & Criticism of Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology #193 in Greek & Roman Myth & Legend #782 in Family Saga Fiction |
| Customer reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (73) |
| Dimensions | 12.85 x 2.92 x 19.69 cm |
| Edition | New Ed |
| ISBN-10 | 0140430431 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0140430431 |
| Item weight | 365 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 528 pages |
| Publication date | 27 May 2004 |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics |
| Reading age | 18 years and up |
R**A
Review for the Penguin edition (ed.) Lawlor & Cowen, vols 1 & 2 Amazon have rather irritatingly conflated the reviews for the various editions of Malory's Morte D'Arthur regardless of whether they are abridged or in full. This review is for the two-volume Penguin edition which is the complete text. We don't really know who 'Malory' was, but this is a wonderful English compilation of the myths and legends surrounding Arthur, Camelot and the knights of the Round Table, drawn primarily from the French (Breton and Celtic). Volume 1 feels slightly fragmented as it jumps around between the knights and inserts the Lady of the Lake and her maidens such as Nimue with no explanation. So you certainly shouldn't approach this expecting something like a novel with backstory and extensive exposition: here we're thrust into a chivalric world replete with magic and just need to accept the values of that world. Volume 2 is perhaps more integrated as it tightens the focus especially on knights such as Lancelot, Galahad and Gawain. It is here that we get the quest for the Holy Grail (Sangreal) and a tight focus on Galahad. We also have the sexual triangle between Arthur, Lancelot and Guinevere which becomes marvellously fraught with emotion and tension. The break-up of the Round Table and the final death of Arthur is movingly conveyed with a sense of the elegiac passing of a lost world. So the first volume is a scene-setter, in some ways, for what has come to epitomise the central story of Arthur, with a much tighter and more integrated volume two. I love Malory's re-telling, nevertheless, and am very happy to lose myself in this dark and, ultimately, tragic chivalric romance.
M**N
This was a gift that the recipient loved!
W**S
Bought the two-volume set with much anticipation but was terribly disappointed.Very poor paper and print quality. Going to return both.
Y**R
It was for a gift and was most appreciated
S**Y
My daughter loves myths and legends - she just had to have this lovely book for her collection. It's a two part set.
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