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Rime of the ancient mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1827 · ★ 4.0 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published in the collection Lyrical Ballads (1798), which contributed significantly to the advent of modern poetry and the beginnings of British Romance… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight J.R.R. Tolkien · 1925 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Three epic poems from 14th century England speak of life during the age of chivalry. Translated from medieval English. Shares: Manuscripts, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

Pearl Sir Israel Gollancz · 1891 · 285p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Yellow and golden pearls: yellow-green, greenish brown to dark brown; Shares: Modernized versions, Manuscripts, Romances, Knights and knighthood

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, English poetry, Arthurian romances

The Challenge of the Green Knight Ian Serraillier · 1966 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Sir Gawain is determined to keep his rendezvous with the Green Knight even though he believes it will mean his death. Shares: Romances, Knights and knighthood, English poetry, Arthurian romances

Idylls of the King and a Selection of Poems Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1961 · 319p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Tennyson's version of the Arthurian legend takes the form of twelve poems telling of King Arthur and the Round Table, from Arthur's initial meeting with his future queen, Guinevere, to the last battle with his son, Modred. This edition also includes extensive selections from Tennyson's other works. Shares: Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances, British and irish fiction, Poetry

Three early English metrical romances Robson, John · 1842 · 132p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares: Manuscripts, 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: Modernized versions, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

Le roman de Tristan Thomas (Anglo-Norman poet) · 1902 · ★ 3.6 · 447p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Version en français moderne de cette très populaire histoire issue de la tradition orale, qui fait son entrée dans la littérature écrite au XIIe siècle. Shares: Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances, Poetry

Iwein Hartmann von Aue · 1827 · 563p · ≈ 18h · 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: Modernized versions, 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, English poetry, Arthurian romances

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: 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, Poetry

Gareth and Lynette, etc. Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1872 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Poem, translated in Sanskrit prose. Shares: Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances, Poetry

Poetical works of Robert Bridges Robert Seymour Bridges · 1898 · ★ 3.7 · 484p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Each section preceded by a bibliographical note. Second edition. Prometheus the firegiver, a mask in the Greek manner.--Demeter, a mask.--Eros and psyche.--The growth of love.--Shorter poems, --New poems, --Later poems.--Poems in classical prosody.--October, and other poems.--New verse.--Two pieces written after the war.--Index of titles and first lines. Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Don Juan Lord Byron · 1819 · ★ 3.6 · 193p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Byron's exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a dramatic shipwreck, his exploits take him to Greece, where he is sold as a slave, and to Russia, where he becomes a favourite of the Empress Catherine who sends him on to England. Written entirely in… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Poems George Meredith · 1851 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Demanding This is a poem book. Aurelius prudentius clemens, the greatest of the Latin Christian poets, was born in the year 348 during the consulship of Salia and Philip. The place of his birth is not known with certainty. Three cities of Hither Spain are designated by him as his own: Tarragona, Saragossa, and Calahorra. Partisans of each have claimed him as a native son with convincing arguments. In the… Shares: English poetry, Poetry

Parzival Wolfram von Eschenbach · 1885 · ★ 3.7 · 127p · ≈ 4h · Challenging German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach's romance story "Parzival" tells the whirlwind tale of a young man's life as a knight in search for the Holy Grail. It follows the Medieval heroic story of Parzival (Percival in the English texts) as he tries to balance his desire for love with his quest for the Grail. At first, Parzival is childish and ignorant, and his bad choices prohibit him from… Shares: Manuscripts, Romances, Knights and knighthood, Arthurian romances

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