Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By Unknown

Book Id: WPLBN0002954112
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File Size: 75.77 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author:	Unknown
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Fiction, Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Historic Publication Date:	1917
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Unknown, B., & Neilson, W. (1917). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his clothes and hair to his beard and skin. The Green Knight offers to allow anyone to strike him with his axe if the challenger will take a return blow in a year and a day. Gawain accepts, and beheads him in one blow, only to have the Green Knight stand up, pick up his head, and remind Gawain to meet him at the appointed time. The story of Gawain's struggle to meet the appointment and his adventures along the way demonstrate the spirit of chivalry and loyalty. (Wikipedia) This 20th Century rendering is by WA Neilson.

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Fiction, Literature