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Iwein Hartmann · 1877 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1843 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Erec Hartmann von Aue · 1900 · ★ 3.3 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Knights of the Round Table () are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights are a chivalric order dedicated to ensuring the peace of Arthurs kingdom following an early warring period, entrusted in later years to undergo a mystical quest for the Holy Grail. The Round Table… Shares: German Romances, Modernized versions, Ywain, Romances

Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1843 · ★ 3.5 · 249p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Iwein is a Middle High German verse romance by the poet Hartmann von Aue, written around 1200. An Arthurian tale freely adapted from Chrétien de Troyes Old French Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, it tells the story of Iwein (Yvain), a knight of King Arthurs Round Table. It was written after Hartmanns Erec, and is generally taken to be his last work. Shares: German Romances, Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Iwain Arthur Charles Lewis Brown · 1903 · 147p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Ywain , also known as Yvain and Owain (among many other spellings), is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Tradition often portrays him as the son of King Urien of Gorre and of either the supernatural figure Modron or the sorceress Morgan. The historical Owain mab Urien, the basis of the literary character, ruled as the king of Rheged in Britain during the late-6th century. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Erec Hartmann von Aue · 1871 · 262p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The Knights of the Round Table () are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights are a chivalric order dedicated to ensuring the peace of Arthurs kingdom following an early warring period, entrusted in later years to undergo a mystical quest for the Holy Grail. The Round Table… Shares: German Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo J.R.R. Tolkien · 1975 · ★ 4.0 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

The book of romance Andrew Lang · 1902 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Challenging From the Andrew Lang prismatic series, this is the "Book of Romance", a most attractive selection of what the editor calls "fairy-tales grown up," the Round Table romances and similar stories, with colored pictures and line pictures by H. J . Ford-making a book for the reside dreaming of romantic curly-heads, who will be unaware that they are learning the lore of their race… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Érec et Énide Chrétien de Troyes · 1923 · ★ 3.3 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Erec and Enide (French: Érec et Énide) is the first of Chrétien de Troyes' five romance poems, completed around 1170. It is one of three completed works by the author. Consisting of about 7000 lines of Old French, the poem is one of the earliest known Arthurian romances in any language, predated only by the Welsh prose narrative Culhwch and Olwen. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Yvain, le Chevalier au lion Chrétien de Troyes · 1891 · ★ 3.0 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Challenging N'est pas chevalier de la Table ronde qui veut! Yvain, relevant le défi du sénéchal Ken, affronte dans la forêt de Brocéliande le seigneur de la fontaine. Il gagne ainsi le cœur et la main de la plus belle dame du royaume, qu'il s'engage à rejoindre avant que l'année passe. Mais parviendra-t-il à tenir sa promesse. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Brut Layamon · 1924 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "This version of Brut is a rendering into modern English, in verse format, of the Middle English story of Britain, from its founding by the legendary Brutus, a supposed descendant of the Trojans, to the final loss of land and prestige when the Saxons took over Britain. Lawman, a priest in the Welsh Marches in the diocese of Worcester, was translating from the twelfth-century French octosyllabic… Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances

Brut Layamon · 1847 · ★ 4.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances

Arthurian romances Chrétien de Troyes · 1913 · ★ 3.6 · 377p · ≈ 12h · 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. Shares: Ywain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Five Middle English Arthurian romances Valerie Krishna · 1991 · 257p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The poems in this collection will give the reader an appreciation of both the distinctiveness and the variety of the medieval English Arthurian tradition and highlight some of this important chapter in Arthurian legend literature. The Middle English stories are different in style and structure to the later French romances, composed in poetic forms that derive from native English traditions. The… Shares: Modernized versions, Romances, Arthurian romances

Les romans de la table ronde Jacques Boulenger · 1922 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Jacques Boulenger (1879-1944) "Très grande fut la colère de l’Ennemi quand Jésus Notre Sire fut venu en enfer et en eut fait sortir Ève et Adam, et tous ceux qu’il lui plut.– Quel est Celui-ci, qui nous surpasse tant que notre force ne peut rien contre lui ? se demandaient les démons, étonnés.– Rappelez-vous, dit l’un d’eux, que les prophètes avaient annoncé depuis longtemps que le Fils de Dieu… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Beltane the Smith Jeffery Farnol · 1915 · ★ 2.0 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A mighty man was Beltane the Smith, despite his youth already great of stature and comely of feature. Much knew he of woodcraft, of the growth of herb and tree and flower, of beast and bird, and how to tell each by its cry or song or flight; he knew the ways of fish in the streams, and could tell the course of the stars in the heavens; versed was he likewise in the ancient wisdoms and… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Tristan und Isolde Gottfried von Strassburg · 1823 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Book digitized by Google and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares: German Romances, Romances, Arthurian romances

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