Arthurian romances vs Parzival and Titurel: Which Should You Read?

Arthurian romances Chrétien de Troyes · 1913 ★★★★☆ 3.7 377 pages · ≈ 6 h 59 m · Challenging

Offers modern translations of the medieval French poems about the Knights of the Round Table, including "Erec and Enide," "Lancelot," and "Perceval," and briefly discusses Chretien's life and writing style.

Parzival and Titurel Wolfram von Eschenbach · 1849 ★★★★☆ 4.1 376 pages · ≈ 6 h 58 m · Challenging

A translation into English by A. S. Kline Illustrated with works from The Flower Book by Sir Edward Burne-Jones (English, 1833 – 1898). ‘Parzival’ is dated, from internal and circumstantial evidence, to the first…