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King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure

10 best books like King Arthur's Death: The Middle English Stanzaic Morte Arthur and Alliterative Morte Arthure (Larry Dean Benson): Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table, The Three-Cornered World, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The History of the Kings of Britain, The Lais of Marie de France, Arthurian Romances, Don Juan, Laughter in the Dark, And Then, The End of the Tether

Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
AuthorThomas Malory
ISBN0451528166
In a time when there were damsels in distress to save, and mythical dragons to slay, King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table were there to render justice in the face of any danger. From the incredible wizardry of Merlin to the undeniable passion of Sir Launcelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights...
The Three-Cornered World
AuthorNatsume Sōseki
ISBN0720611563
"An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay at a near-deserted inn he soon finds himself drawn to the daughter of the innkeeper. This strange and beautiful woman is rumoured to have abandoned her husband and fallen in love with a priest at a nearby...
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
AuthorUnknown
ISBN0451528182
Contains the greatest "OH FUCK" moment in medieval literature!

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - listed here as written by Unknown, though I believe it may have been penned by that prolific Greek author Anonymous - is a classic tale from Arthurian legend in which the code of honor attributed...
The History of the Kings of Britain
AuthorGeoffrey of Monmouth
ISBN0140441700
Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semi-legendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous...
The Lais of Marie de France
AuthorMarie de France
ISBN0140447598
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of her but she was probably the Abbess of the abbey at Shaftesbury in the late 12th century, illegitimate daughter of Geoffrey Plantagenet and hence the half-sister of Henry II of England. It was to a king, and...
Arthurian Romances
AuthorChrétien de Troyes
ISBN0140445218
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chrétien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur's Queen...
Don Juan
AuthorLord Byron
ISBN0140424520
Probably few subjects fitted Byron's particular talents better than Don Juan.

In this rambling, exuberant, conversational poem, the travels of Don Juan are used as a vehicle for some of the most lively and acute commentaries on human societies and behaviour in the language. The manner is...
Laughter in the Dark
AuthorVladimir Nabokov
ISBN0811216748
"Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for the sake of a youthful mistress; he loved; was not loved; and his life ended in disaster." Thus begins Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark; this, the author tells...
And Then
AuthorNatsume Sōseki
ISBN0939512823
And Then, ranked as one of Soseki Natsume's most insightful and stirring novels, tells the story of Daisuke, a young Japanese man struggling with his personal purpose and identity, as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th century, ancient customs give way...
The End of the Tether
AuthorJoseph Conrad
ISBN1426425961
Henry Whalley is a true sailor, earning years of experience as a ship’s captain before his retirement. Faced with unexpected financial problems and a desire to help his married daughter earn her place in the world, Whalley is forced to sell his boat and buy his way back into service on a trade vessel....
The Miner
AuthorNatsume Sōseki
ISBN0804714606
Up front, I'll admit that I'd expected a completely different novel from what I'd read about it as a blurb. I'd expected a book of a darker and more poetic vein.

Instead I got a book that felt like Goethe's Werther had teamed up with Salinger's Holden Caulfield to write a shorter version of The Life...
Lancelot: The Knight of the Cart
AuthorChrétien de Troyes
ISBN0300071213
lancelot is a damsel in distress

lancelot in the tower: oh woe, my life sucks, i'm stuck here forever
the maiden: yo, lancelot!
lancelot: i will never be free. nobody knows i'm here. alas.
the maiden: seriously dude i'm right here
lancelot: i wish i was dead
the maiden:...
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