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螣 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀, 螔蝿 蟿蠈渭慰蟼
螣 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蟼, 慰 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿, 慰 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 畏 尾伪蟽委位喂蟽蟽伪 螕魏慰蠀委谓蔚尾喂伪蟻, 蟿慰 螘尉魏维位喂渭蟺蔚蟻, 畏 螝蠀蟻维 蟿畏蟼 螞委渭谓畏蟼, 慰 韦蟻委蟽蟿蟻伪渭 魏伪喂 畏 螜味蠈位未畏, 慰喂 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂委蔚蟼, 慰喂 畏蟻蠅喂蟽渭慰委, 慰喂 未慰位慰蟺位慰魏委蔚蟼, 畏 纬蔚谓谓伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 鈥� 魏伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 畏 蟺蟻慰未慰蟽委伪鈥� 螠伪味委 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟿慰 蟺位萎胃慰蟼 蟿蠅谓 喂蟺蟺慰蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼, 慰喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰委 魏伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻纬萎喂谓慰喂 蔚蠂胃蟻慰委 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟿伪 蟺维胃畏 魏伪喂 慰喂 苇蟻蠅蟿蔚蟼, 蟿慰 胃蟻蠀位喂魏蠈 螕魏蟻维伪位鈥� 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻畏 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟺慰蠀 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 渭伪蟼 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 谓伪 味萎蟽蔚喂 蟺喂伪, 苇尉蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蔚蟿慰蠉蟿慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 伪胃维谓伪蟿慰蠀 魏蔚喂渭苇谓慰蠀.
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Thomas Malory
708听books671听followersSir Thomas Malory was a knight in the fifteenth century, who, while imprisoned, compiled the collection of tales we know as Le Morte D'Arthur, translating the legend of King Arthur from original French tales such as the Vulgate Cycle.
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芦韦慰 1485 慰 蟿蠀蟺慰纬蟻维蠁慰蟼 螕慰蠀委位喂伪渭 螝维尉蟿慰谓 蟽蟿畏谓 螒纬纬位委伪 蟿蠉蟺蠅蟽蔚 苇谓伪 慰纬魏蠅未苇蟽蟿伪蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 苇渭蔚位位蔚 伪蟻纬蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 谓伪 胃蔚蠅蟻畏胃蔚委 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 伪纬纬位喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪. 螚蟿伪谓 螣 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 韦蠈渭伪蟼 螠维位慰蟻喂. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 萎蟿伪谓 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼, 渭蔚 维位位伪 位蠈纬喂伪 伪尉喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼, 蟽蟿畏谓 蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏蠈渭畏 蟿慰蠀 螕慰蠀蠈蟻纬慰蠀喂魏. 螤蟻苇蟺蔚喂 谓伪 苇位伪尾蔚 渭苇蟻慰蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 蔚渭蠁蠉位喂慰 螤蠈位蔚渭慰 蟿蠅谓 巍蠈未蠅谓, 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿伪蟿伪位伪喂蟺蠋蟻畏蟽蔚 蟿畏谓 螒纬纬位委伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚蟺慰蠂萎蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螚 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎 伪蠀蟿萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 渭慰委蟻伪蟽蔚 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿畏蟼 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 蟺蔚未委伪 蟿蠅谓 渭伪蠂蠋谓, 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻伪谓慰渭委伪 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蠁蠀位伪魏苇蟼, 蠈蟺慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟺苇胃伪谓蔚. 螣 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 蟽蟿畏 蠁蠀位伪魏萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螠维位慰蟻喂, 伪蠁慰蠉 慰 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 螘未慰蠀维蟻未慰蟼 螖鈥� 伪蟻谓萎胃畏魏蔚 谓伪 蟿慰蠀 未蠋蟽蔚喂 蠂维蟻畏 蟿伪 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委伪 苇谓蟿蔚魏伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪 蟺苇蟻伪蟽蔚 苇纬魏位蔚喂蟽蟿慰蟼. 韦蠈蟿蔚, 位苇纬蔚蟿伪喂, 蟽蠀谓苇位伪尾蔚 蟿畏谓 喂未苇伪 谓伪 渭蔚位蔚蟿萎蟽蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺畏纬苇蟼 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟽蠀位位苇尉蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 伪蠁畏纬萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺伪蟻蟿委味慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 魏蠉魏位慰 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 螜蟺蟺慰蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼. 违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 蔚魏未慰蠂萎: 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 未蔚谓 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 螠维位慰蟻喂 伪位位维 伪蟺蠈 苇谓伪谓 蟽蠀纬魏蟻伪蟿慰蠉渭蔚谓蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂蔚 蠁蠀位伪魏喂蟽蟿蔚委 纬喂伪 蔚蟺委胃蔚蟽畏 魏伪喂 尾喂伪蟽渭蠈禄.
芦螣 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀禄 伪谓萎魏蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪 蟿慰蠀 胃蟻蠀位喂魏慰蠉 魏蠉魏位慰蠀 蟿蠅谓 伪蠁畏纬萎蟽蔚蠅谓 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏萎蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼, 位伪蠆魏蠋谓 渭蠉胃蠅谓, 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠋谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蠋蟺蠅谓, 维位蠀蟿蠅谓 纬蟻委蠁蠅谓,伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿蠅谓 喂未伪谓喂魏蠋谓, 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀, 胃蟻喂维渭尾蠅谓, 蟺蟻慰魏位萎蟽蔚蠅谓 魏伪喂 伪蟿蔚位蔚委蠅蟿蠅谓 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽喂蠋谓, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 伪喂蠋谓喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓蔚喂蟻慰 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪.
危蔚 渭委伪 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺慰 蟿慰谓 蠂蟻蠈谓慰, 蠈蟺慰蠀 畏 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 蠋蟻伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿畏谓 伪蠀纬萎 蟺慰蠀 蠁蠅蟿委味蔚喂 蟿慰谓 渭蔚蟽伪委蠅谓伪
魏伪喂 慰喂 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏苇蟼 伪蟺蔚喂魏慰谓委蟽蔚喂蟼, 渭伪纬喂魏苇蟼 蟽蟿喂纬渭苇蟼, 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠉胃喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪尉委未喂伪 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰蠆蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏慰蠉蟼 纬伪位伪尉委蔚蟼.
螚 渭苇胃蔚尉畏 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿萎 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰蠀 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟽蔚 苇谓伪谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 尾伪胃喂维 蠂伪渭苇谓慰, 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰, 蟺位蠀渭渭畏蟻喂蟽渭苇谓慰 魏伪喂 伪未蠀蟽蠋蟺畏蟿伪 渭伪纬蔚渭苇谓慰 伪蟺慰 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 位伪蟿蟻蔚委伪蟼, 未慰尉伪蟽委蔚蟼 纬蔚渭维蟿蔚蟼 蟽蠉渭尾慰位伪 渭蔚 维蟻蠅渭伪 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏蠈,
纬蔚蠉蟽畏 伪蟻蠂伪蠆魏蠋谓 蟺蠈胃蠅谓 魏伪喂 伪喂蟽胃萎蟽蔚喂蟼 伪蟺伪蟻维渭喂位位畏蟼 蔚蠀纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼, 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪蟼, 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉, 蟺维胃慰蠀蟼, 纬蔚谓谓伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 喂蟺蟺慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 尾蠅渭蠈 蟿畏蟼 伪喂蠋谓喂伪蟼 伪纬维蟺畏蟼.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 苇蟻纬慰 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蔚蟺喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎尉蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 谓蠈畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼, 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 魏伪蟿伪蟻蟻委蠄蔚喂 渭蔚 未蠈尉伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 胃蟻蠉位慰蠀蟼, 胃伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚谓蟿蟻蠋蟽蔚喂 伪谓蠀蟺苇蟻尾位畏蟿蔚蟼 渭维蠂蔚蟼 渭蔚 慰蟻伪蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠈蟻伪蟿蔚蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼, 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 伪谓伪渭蔚蟿蟻萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蠄蠀蠂喂魏萎蟼 魏伪胃伪委蟻蔚蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺委蟽蟿畏蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺喂蟽蟿委伪蟼.
螉蟽蠅蟼 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟽蟿畏谓 未喂蟺位萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏维胃蔚 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺萎魏蔚 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 纬蠀维位喂谓慰蠀蟼 蟺蠉蟻纬慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 螝维渭蔚位慰蟿 魏伪喂 蠂维胃畏魏蔚 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 魏维蟽蟿蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰委畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟽蠅蟿畏蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼
蠄蠀蠂萎蟼.
螠蔚 伪蠀蟿慰蟽蠂苇未喂伪 魏伪喂 慰蠀蟽喂蠋未畏 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 伪蟺慰 渭谓萎渭蔚蟼 伪位位慰蟿喂谓苇蟼 纬谓蠅蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏蠋未喂魏蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟺蟺慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 蟿喂渭萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪谓未蟻蔚委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蠄喂胃蠀蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蟽蠉谓胃畏渭伪 蟽蟿畏谓 螝蠀蟻维 蟿畏蟼 螞委渭谓畏蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭伪蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 渭蠀胃喂魏萎 螒纬纬位委伪 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁胃慰谓慰蠉蟽蔚 畏 渭伪纬蔚委伪.
螣 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蟼 苇纬喂谓蔚 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿蟻维尾畏尉蔚 蟿慰 蟽蟺伪胃委 螘尉魏维位喂渭蟺蔚蟻 伪蟺慰 蟿慰谓 尾蟻维蠂慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 蔚委蠂蔚 尾维位蔚喂 慰 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 螣蠉胃蔚蟻 螤蔚谓蟿蟻维纬魏慰谓, 位委纬慰 蟺蟻喂谓 蟺蔚胃维谓蔚喂.
螁蟻蠂喂蟽蔚 谓伪 蟽蠀渭尾慰蠀位蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟺委蟽蟿畏 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蟽委蠅蟽畏 蟿慰谓 渭维纬慰 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 苇魏伪谓蔚 尾伪蟽委位喂蟽蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蠈渭慰蟻蠁畏 魏伪喂 位维纬谓伪 螕魏慰蠀委谓蔚尾喂蟻 魏伪喂 苇纬喂谓蔚 位伪渭蟺蟻蠈蟼 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蠈蟼 魏伪喂 畏纬苇蟿畏蟼 蟿蠅谓 喂蟺蟺慰蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼.
螣 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈蟼 蟽蔚蟻 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂位萎蠁胃畏魏蔚 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺喂慰 蟺喂蟽蟿慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 位伪蟿蟻蔚渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蠀蟺萎蟻尉蔚 蟺蟻蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 纬蔚谓谓伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓未蟻蔚委伪蟼.
螚 蟺蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉慰蠀蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 尾伪蟽委位蔚喂慰 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 萎蟿伪谓 蟿慰 螝维渭蔚位慰蟿. 螆谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃苇谓喂慰 蟿苇渭蔚谓慰蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟿蟻喂纬蠀蟻喂蟽渭苇谓慰 伪蟺慰 伪蟻蠂伪委伪 渭谓畏渭蔚委伪 纬苇谓谓畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 蟽伪谓 魏伪胃蟻苇蠁蟿蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟺伪纬喂未蔚蠀渭苇谓慰蠀 蟽蠉渭蟺伪谓蟿慰蟼.
螝伪喂 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 伪谓慰渭慰位蠈纬畏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓蔚尉蔚蟻蔚蠉谓畏蟿慰 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏萎蟼 螕伪位位委伪蟼 蔚尉慰蟻渭慰蠉谓 慰喂 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 魏伪喂 伪谓伪味畏蟿慰蠉谓 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼. 螤慰位蔚渭慰蠉谓 渭蔚 蟿苇蟻伪蟿伪, 蟺位畏纬蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 谓蠉蠂喂伪 蟽伪蟿伪谓喂魏蠋谓 渭维纬蠅谓 萎 蟺慰胃慰蠉谓 谓蔚蟻维喂未蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 畏 伪喂胃苇蟻喂伪 慰渭慰蟻蠁喂维 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰尉喂魏萎, 胃伪谓伪蟿畏蠁蠈蟻伪.
螣喂 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 渭蔚 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蠁慰尾萎胃畏魏伪谓 蟿伪 纬蔚谓谓萎渭伪蟿伪 伪蟺慰 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓苇蟼 蟽蠀谓慰蠀蟽委蔚蟼 渭伪纬蔚委伪蟼, 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味慰蠀谓 魏维胃蔚 蔚委未慰蟼 蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉 魏伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉 魏喂谓未蠉谓慰蠀.
螒蟺蠋蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 蟽魏慰蟺蠈蟼 畏 魏伪胃慰位喂魏萎 伪纬维蟺畏 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 渭喂伪蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼, 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿维尉畏蟼 慰 苇蟻蠅蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 魏苇谓蟿蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉渭蟺伪谓蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿伪 喂未伪谓喂魏维, 慰喂 伪尉委蔚蟼, 畏 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚委伪 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟺伪纬伪谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠋谓 未蠀谓维渭蔚蠅谓 魏伪喂 畏 纬苇谓谓畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪谓伪蟻蠂委伪 蟿慰蠀 蠂维慰蠀蟼.
螤蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 魏伪喂 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬喂魏维 蟽蟿萎谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿伪 渭维蟿喂伪 渭伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 苇谓伪蟼 胃蟻蠀位喂魏蠈蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 渭蠉胃慰蠀 魏伪喂 位伪蟿蟻蔚委伪蟼.
螆谓伪蟼 蟺蟻慰维纬纬蔚位慰蟼 蟿蠅谓 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟺慰蠂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蟺慰谓蟿伪喂, 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓, 慰蠉蟿蔚 苇谓伪 纬蟻伪蟺蟿蠈 蟽蠀谓慰蟺蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠉胃蔚蠀渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚胃喂渭慰蟿蠀蟺委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 畏胃喂魏萎蟼, 萎蟿伪谓 伪魏蠈渭畏 苇谓伪 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 渭蔚纬维位伪 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁喂魏维 蔚蟺喂蟿蔚蠉纬渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 15慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪, 伪渭苇蟿蟻畏蟿蔚蟼 纬蔚谓喂苇蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇蠅谓, 蟺慰喂畏蟿蠋谓 魏伪喂 魏伪位位喂蟿蔚蠂谓蠋谓 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚维蟽蟿畏魏伪谓 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻喂蟽蟿萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏 蟿慰蠀.
危蟿畏谓 螒纬纬位委伪 蟿慰蠀 蔚蟻伪蟽蟿萎 蟿畏蟼 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎蟼 蟺蟿蠋蟽畏蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 蠀蠄畏位慰蠉 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀, 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿,
蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀, 蟿慰蠀 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 蠅蟼 胃蔚慰蠉 蠈蟻谓喂慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 伪苇蟻伪,
蟿畏蟼 尾伪蟽委位喂蟽蟽伪蟼 螕魏慰蠀委谓蔚尾喂蟻, 渭蔚 蟿伪 蟺维胃畏 魏伪喂 蟿伪 位维胃畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 惟蟻伪委伪蟼 螜味蠈位未畏蟼,
蟿慰蠀 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿畏 蟿畏蟼 未喂维蟺蠀蟻畏蟼, 伪喂蠋谓喂伪蟼 渭蔚位蠅未委伪蟼 韦蟻委蟽蟿蟻伪渭, 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螠蟺慰蟻蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螠蟺伪谓, 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚蟻 螤苇蟻蟽喂尾伪位
魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚蟻 螤伪位蠈渭喂谓蟿蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蔚喂 蟿慰 维蟺喂伪蟽蟿慰 魏伪喂 胃伪 魏蠀谓畏纬维蔚喂 蟿慰 维蟺喂蟽蟿慰,
渭慰谓慰渭维蠂蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚胃伪委谓慰蠀谓 蟺谓喂纬渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蟿畏 位维蟽蟺畏 蟿慰蠀 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬喂蠈蟽蟿蟻蔚蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈纬慰谓蠅谓 尾伪蟽喂位蔚委蠅谓 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 纬蔚谓谓伪委蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂慰蠉谓 渭蔚 维位位慰蠀蟼 纬蔚谓谓伪委慰蠀蟼,
伪位位维 魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪未维渭伪蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 未蟻维魏慰谓蟿蔚蟼, 喂蔚蟻维 未伪喂渭蠈谓喂伪 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪, 苇谓伪蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 魏伪胃伪蟻蠈蟼, 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟺位伪蟽蟿慰蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓委蔚蟻伪 蠁蠅蟿蔚喂谓蠈蟼, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蠈位伪 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓慰蠀谓 蟽蟿畏 蠁蠉蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿伪 魏维蟽蟿蟻伪 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠀蠂蠋谓
魏伪喂 蠈蟺慰蠀 慰喂 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 魏慰喂渭慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬谓蠅蟻委味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟺蠅蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 尾蟻伪未喂维 慰喂 渭慰蟻喂伪魏苇蟼 慰蠀蟽委蔚蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠂蠉胃畏魏伪谓 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 苇胃蟻蔚蠄伪谓 芦蟿慰谓 蔚蠀纬蔚谓苇蟽蟿蔚蟻慰 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 未蔚喂 慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼禄.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 苇蠂蔚喂 渭委伪 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻畏 未慰渭萎, 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 伪蟻蠂伪蠆魏萎蟼 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蠄畏位萎 伪尉委伪, 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺慰魏蟿维 渭伪纬喂魏苇蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼 伪谓 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 伪蟻谓畏胃蔚委 蟿畏 蟽蠉纬魏蟻慰蠀蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽渭蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蟿喂魏蔚喂渭蔚谓喂魏萎 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿萎渭畏 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼.
危蠉渭蠁蠅谓伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 尾蟻蔚蟿伪谓喂魏蠈 渭蠉胃慰 慰 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蟼 味蔚喂 蟺伪蟻苇伪 渭蔚 渭喂伪 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟽蟿慰 螁尾伪位慰谓 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 维蠂蟻慰谓蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 魏慰喂渭维蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 伪谓伪蟺伪蠉蔚蟿伪喂.
螠慰位慰谓蠈蟿喂, 委蟽蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 谓蔚魏蟻蠈蟼 伪蟺慰 魏伪喂蟻蠈, 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 蠂蟻蔚喂维味慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 慰喂 蟽蠀渭蟺伪蟿蟻喂蠋蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 魏伪喂 胃伪 尉蠀蟺谓萎蟽蔚喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠋蟽蔚喂.
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螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
芦螣 胃维谓伪蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀禄 伪谓萎魏蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪 蟿慰蠀 胃蟻蠀位喂魏慰蠉 魏蠉魏位慰蠀 蟿蠅谓 伪蠁畏纬萎蟽蔚蠅谓 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏萎蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼, 位伪蠆魏蠋谓 渭蠉胃蠅谓, 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠋谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蠋蟺蠅谓, 维位蠀蟿蠅谓 纬蟻委蠁蠅谓,伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿蠅谓 喂未伪谓喂魏蠋谓, 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀, 胃蟻喂维渭尾蠅谓, 蟺蟻慰魏位萎蟽蔚蠅谓 魏伪喂 伪蟿蔚位蔚委蠅蟿蠅谓 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽喂蠋谓, 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 伪喂蠋谓喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 谓伪 纬委谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓蔚喂蟻慰 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪.
危蔚 渭委伪 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟺苇蟻伪 伪蟺慰 蟿慰谓 蠂蟻蠈谓慰, 蠈蟺慰蠀 畏 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 蠋蟻伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿畏谓 伪蠀纬萎 蟺慰蠀 蠁蠅蟿委味蔚喂 蟿慰谓 渭蔚蟽伪委蠅谓伪
魏伪喂 慰喂 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚喂蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂魏苇蟼 伪蟺蔚喂魏慰谓委蟽蔚喂蟼, 渭伪纬喂魏苇蟼 蟽蟿喂纬渭苇蟼, 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠉胃喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪尉委未喂伪 蟽蔚 蟺蟻慰蠆蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏慰蠉蟼 纬伪位伪尉委蔚蟼.
螚 渭苇胃蔚尉畏 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿萎 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰蠀 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟽蔚 苇谓伪谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 尾伪胃喂维 蠂伪渭苇谓慰, 胃伪渭渭苇谓慰, 蟺位蠀渭渭畏蟻喂蟽渭苇谓慰 魏伪喂 伪未蠀蟽蠋蟺畏蟿伪 渭伪纬蔚渭苇谓慰 伪蟺慰 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻苇蟼 位伪蟿蟻蔚委伪蟼, 未慰尉伪蟽委蔚蟼 纬蔚渭维蟿蔚蟼 蟽蠉渭尾慰位伪 渭蔚 维蟻蠅渭伪 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏蠈,
纬蔚蠉蟽畏 伪蟻蠂伪蠆魏蠋谓 蟺蠈胃蠅谓 魏伪喂 伪喂蟽胃萎蟽蔚喂蟼 伪蟺伪蟻维渭喂位位畏蟼 蔚蠀纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼, 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪蟼, 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉, 蟺维胃慰蠀蟼, 纬蔚谓谓伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 喂蟺蟺慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 尾蠅渭蠈 蟿畏蟼 伪喂蠋谓喂伪蟼 伪纬维蟺畏蟼.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 苇蟻纬慰 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 蔚蟺喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃蔚喂伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎尉蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 谓蠈畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼, 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 魏伪蟿伪蟻蟻委蠄蔚喂 渭蔚 未蠈尉伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 胃蟻蠉位慰蠀蟼, 胃伪 蟽蠀纬魏蔚谓蟿蟻蠋蟽蔚喂 伪谓蠀蟺苇蟻尾位畏蟿蔚蟼 渭维蠂蔚蟼 渭蔚 慰蟻伪蟿苇蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠈蟻伪蟿蔚蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼, 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 伪谓伪渭蔚蟿蟻萎蟽蔚喂蟼 蠄蠀蠂喂魏萎蟼 魏伪胃伪委蟻蔚蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 未慰魏喂渭伪蟽委蔚蟼 蟺委蟽蟿畏蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺喂蟽蟿委伪蟼.
螉蟽蠅蟼 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟽蟿畏谓 未喂蟺位萎 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏维胃蔚 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蟺萎魏蔚 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 纬蠀维位喂谓慰蠀蟼 蟺蠉蟻纬慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 螝维渭蔚位慰蟿 魏伪喂 蠂维胃畏魏蔚 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿伪 魏维蟽蟿蟻伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺慰委畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬委伪蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏 蟽蠅蟿畏蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼
蠄蠀蠂萎蟼.
螠蔚 伪蠀蟿慰蟽蠂苇未喂伪 魏伪喂 慰蠀蟽喂蠋未畏 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 伪蟺慰 渭谓萎渭蔚蟼 伪位位慰蟿喂谓苇蟼 纬谓蠅蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏蠋未喂魏蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟺蟺慰蟽蠉谓畏蟼, 蟿畏蟼 蟿喂渭萎蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 伪谓未蟻蔚委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蠄喂胃蠀蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 蟽蠉谓胃畏渭伪 蟽蟿畏谓 螝蠀蟻维 蟿畏蟼 螞委渭谓畏蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭伪蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 渭蠀胃喂魏萎 螒纬纬位委伪 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁胃慰谓慰蠉蟽蔚 畏 渭伪纬蔚委伪.
螣 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蟼 苇纬喂谓蔚 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿蟻维尾畏尉蔚 蟿慰 蟽蟺伪胃委 螘尉魏维位喂渭蟺蔚蟻 伪蟺慰 蟿慰谓 尾蟻维蠂慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 蔚委蠂蔚 尾维位蔚喂 慰 蟺伪蟿苇蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀, 螣蠉胃蔚蟻 螤蔚谓蟿蟻维纬魏慰谓, 位委纬慰 蟺蟻喂谓 蟺蔚胃维谓蔚喂.
螁蟻蠂喂蟽蔚 谓伪 蟽蠀渭尾慰蠀位蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟺委蟽蟿畏 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蟽委蠅蟽畏 蟿慰谓 渭维纬慰 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 苇魏伪谓蔚 尾伪蟽委位喂蟽蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蠈渭慰蟻蠁畏 魏伪喂 位维纬谓伪 螕魏慰蠀委谓蔚尾喂蟻 魏伪喂 苇纬喂谓蔚 位伪渭蟺蟻蠈蟼 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蠈蟼 魏伪喂 畏纬苇蟿畏蟼 蟿蠅谓 喂蟺蟺慰蟿蠋谓 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼.
螣 渭慰谓伪未喂魏蠈蟼 蟽蔚蟻 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿 蟽蠀渭蟺蔚蟻喂位萎蠁胃畏魏蔚 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺喂慰 蟺喂蟽蟿慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 位伪蟿蟻蔚渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蠀蟺萎蟻尉蔚 蟺蟻蠈蟿蠀蟺慰 纬蔚谓谓伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓未蟻蔚委伪蟼.
螚 蟺蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉慰蠀蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 尾伪蟽委位蔚喂慰 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 萎蟿伪谓 蟿慰 螝维渭蔚位慰蟿. 螆谓伪 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃苇谓喂慰 蟿苇渭蔚谓慰蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟿蟻喂纬蠀蟻喂蟽渭苇谓慰 伪蟺慰 伪蟻蠂伪委伪 渭谓畏渭蔚委伪 纬苇谓谓畏蟽畏蟼 魏伪喂 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀 蟽伪谓 魏伪胃蟻苇蠁蟿蔚蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟺伪纬喂未蔚蠀渭苇谓慰蠀 蟽蠉渭蟺伪谓蟿慰蟼.
螝伪喂 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 伪谓慰渭慰位蠈纬畏蟿慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰 伪谓蔚尉蔚蟻蔚蠉谓畏蟿慰 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚蟽伪喂蠅谓喂魏萎蟼 螕伪位位委伪蟼 蔚尉慰蟻渭慰蠉谓 慰喂 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀 魏伪喂 伪谓伪味畏蟿慰蠉谓 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼. 螤慰位蔚渭慰蠉谓 渭蔚 蟿苇蟻伪蟿伪, 蟺位畏纬蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 谓蠉蠂喂伪 蟽伪蟿伪谓喂魏蠋谓 渭维纬蠅谓 萎 蟺慰胃慰蠉谓 谓蔚蟻维喂未蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 畏 伪喂胃苇蟻喂伪 慰渭慰蟻蠁喂维 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪蟺慰未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰尉喂魏萎, 胃伪谓伪蟿畏蠁蠈蟻伪.
螣喂 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 渭蔚 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蠁慰尾萎胃畏魏伪谓 蟿伪 纬蔚谓谓萎渭伪蟿伪 伪蟺慰 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓苇蟼 蟽蠀谓慰蠀蟽委蔚蟼 渭伪纬蔚委伪蟼, 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味慰蠀谓 魏维胃蔚 蔚委未慰蟼 蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉 魏伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏慰蠉 魏喂谓未蠉谓慰蠀.
螒蟺蠋蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 蟽魏慰蟺蠈蟼 畏 魏伪胃慰位喂魏萎 伪纬维蟺畏 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 渭喂伪蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪蟼, 蟽蠉渭尾慰位慰 蟿畏蟼 蟿维尉畏蟼 慰 苇蟻蠅蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 魏苇谓蟿蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉渭蟺伪谓蟿慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟿伪 喂未伪谓喂魏维, 慰喂 伪尉委蔚蟼, 畏 胃蟻畏蟽魏蔚委伪 蠂蟻喂蟽蟿喂伪谓喂魏蠋谓 魏伪喂 蟺伪纬伪谓喂蟽蟿喂魏蠋谓 未蠀谓维渭蔚蠅谓 魏伪喂 畏 纬苇谓谓畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蟺慰位喂蟿喂蟽渭慰蠉 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿畏谓 伪谓伪蟻蠂委伪 蟿慰蠀 蠂维慰蠀蟼.
螤蠈蟽慰 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂伪 魏伪喂 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬喂魏维 蟽蟿萎谓蔚蟿伪喂 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿伪 渭维蟿喂伪 渭伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 苇谓伪蟼 胃蟻蠀位喂魏蠈蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 渭蠉胃慰蠀 魏伪喂 位伪蟿蟻蔚委伪蟼.
螆谓伪蟼 蟺蟻慰维纬纬蔚位慰蟼 蟿蠅谓 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠋谓 蔚蟺慰蠂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蟺慰谓蟿伪喂, 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓, 慰蠉蟿蔚 苇谓伪 纬蟻伪蟺蟿蠈 蟽蠀谓慰蟺蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠉胃蔚蠀渭伪 蟿畏蟼 蔚胃喂渭慰蟿蠀蟺委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 畏胃喂魏萎蟼, 萎蟿伪谓 伪魏蠈渭畏 苇谓伪 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 渭蔚纬维位伪 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁喂魏维 蔚蟺喂蟿蔚蠉纬渭伪蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 15慰蠀 伪喂蠋谓伪, 伪渭苇蟿蟻畏蟿蔚蟼 纬蔚谓喂苇蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇蠅谓, 蟺慰喂畏蟿蠋谓 魏伪喂 魏伪位位喂蟿蔚蠂谓蠋谓 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚维蟽蟿畏魏伪谓 伪蟺慰 蟿畏谓 尉蔚蠂蠅蟻喂蟽蟿萎 未蠉谓伪渭畏 蟿慰蠀.
危蟿畏谓 螒纬纬位委伪 蟿慰蠀 蔚蟻伪蟽蟿萎 蟿畏蟼 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎蟼 蟺蟿蠋蟽畏蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 蠀蠄畏位慰蠉 渭蠀蟽蟿畏蟻委慰蠀, 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿,
蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀, 蟿慰蠀 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 蠅蟼 胃蔚慰蠉 蠈蟻谓喂慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓慰蠀蟽喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蠄蠀蠂苇蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 伪苇蟻伪,
蟿畏蟼 尾伪蟽委位喂蟽蟽伪蟼 螕魏慰蠀委谓蔚尾喂蟻, 渭蔚 蟿伪 蟺维胃畏 魏伪喂 蟿伪 位维胃畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 惟蟻伪委伪蟼 螜味蠈位未畏蟼,
蟿慰蠀 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿畏 蟿畏蟼 未喂维蟺蠀蟻畏蟼, 伪喂蠋谓喂伪蟼 渭蔚位蠅未委伪蟼 韦蟻委蟽蟿蟻伪渭, 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螠蟺慰蟻蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螠蟺伪谓, 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚蟻 螤苇蟻蟽喂尾伪位
魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 蟽蔚蟻 螤伪位蠈渭喂谓蟿蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺维谓蟿伪 胃伪 位伪蟿蟻蔚蠉蔚喂 蟿慰 维蟺喂伪蟽蟿慰 魏伪喂 胃伪 魏蠀谓畏纬维蔚喂 蟿慰 维蟺喂蟽蟿慰,
渭慰谓慰渭维蠂蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚胃伪委谓慰蠀谓 蟺谓喂纬渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蟿畏 位维蟽蟺畏 蟿慰蠀 伪委渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 纬喂蠈蟽蟿蟻蔚蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈纬慰谓蠅谓 尾伪蟽喂位蔚委蠅谓 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼, 纬蔚谓谓伪委蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂慰蠉谓 渭蔚 维位位慰蠀蟼 纬蔚谓谓伪委慰蠀蟼,
伪位位维 魏伪喂 渭蔚 伪未维渭伪蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 未蟻维魏慰谓蟿蔚蟼, 喂蔚蟻维 未伪喂渭蠈谓喂伪 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪, 苇谓伪蟼 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 魏伪胃伪蟻蠈蟼, 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟺位伪蟽蟿慰蟼 魏伪喂 伪谓委蔚蟻伪 蠁蠅蟿蔚喂谓蠈蟼, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蠈位伪 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓慰蠀谓 蟽蟿畏 蠁蠉蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿伪 魏维蟽蟿蟻伪 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠀蠂蠋谓
魏伪喂 蠈蟺慰蠀 慰喂 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 魏慰喂渭慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 纬谓蠅蟻委味慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟺蠅蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 尾蟻伪未喂维 慰喂 渭慰蟻喂伪魏苇蟼 慰蠀蟽委蔚蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠂蠉胃畏魏伪谓 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 苇胃蟻蔚蠄伪谓 芦蟿慰谓 蔚蠀纬蔚谓苇蟽蟿蔚蟻慰 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 未蔚喂 慰 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼禄.
螒蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 苇蠂蔚喂 渭委伪 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻畏 未慰渭萎, 蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏萎 伪蟻蠂伪蠆魏萎蟼 纬蟻伪蠁萎蟼 魏伪喂 蠀蠄畏位萎 伪尉委伪, 蟺慰蠀 伪蟺慰魏蟿维 渭伪纬喂魏苇蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼 伪谓 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 伪蟻谓畏胃蔚委 蟿畏 蟽蠉纬魏蟻慰蠀蟽畏 伪谓维渭蔚蟽伪 蟽蟿慰谓 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽渭蠈 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 伪谓蟿喂魏蔚喂渭蔚谓喂魏萎 蔚蟺喂蟽蟿萎渭畏 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼.
危蠉渭蠁蠅谓伪 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 尾蟻蔚蟿伪谓喂魏蠈 渭蠉胃慰 慰 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蟼 味蔚喂 蟺伪蟻苇伪 渭蔚 渭喂伪 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟽蟿慰 螁尾伪位慰谓 魏伪喂 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 维蠂蟻慰谓蔚蟼 蠋蟻蔚蟼 魏慰喂渭维蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 伪谓伪蟺伪蠉蔚蟿伪喂.
螠慰位慰谓蠈蟿喂, 委蟽蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 谓蔚魏蟻蠈蟼 伪蟺慰 魏伪喂蟻蠈, 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 蠂蟻蔚喂维味慰谓蟿伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 慰喂 蟽蠀渭蟺伪蟿蟻喂蠋蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 慰蟺蠈蟿蔚 魏伪喂 胃伪 尉蠀蟺谓萎蟽蔚喂 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠋蟽蔚喂.
韦慰 委未喂慰 蟺喂蟽蟿蔚蠉蠅 魏喂 蔚纬蠋...
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螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
April 24, 2017
螣喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 魏伪喂 畏 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蔚谓蠈蟼 胃蟻蠉位慰蠀-尾伪蟽喂位喂维, 尉伪谓伪味蠅谓蟿伪谓蔚蠉慰蠀谓 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟽蠀谓胃苇蟿慰谓蟿伪蟼 纬喂伪 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁慰蟻维 渭喂伪 慰位慰魏位畏蟻蠅渭苇谓畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 纬蠉蟻蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰 蟿慰蠀 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀.
围蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 蠀蟺慰渭慰谓萎, 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蠄维尉喂渭慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蔚蟻胃蔚委蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螚 苇谓蟿慰谓畏 蔚蟺伪谓维位畏蠄畏 魏伪喂 畏 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻畏 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 委蟽蠅蟼 魏慰蠀蟻维蟽蔚喂 渭蔚蟻喂魏慰蠉蟼 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓慰蠀谓 魏维蟿喂 蟺喂慰 "蠂慰位喂纬慰蠀谓蟿喂伪谓维" 蔚蟺喂魏蠈. 螝伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 慰喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰喂 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻萎蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽慰蠀谓...
螌蟽慰喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚纬纬委蟽慰蠀谓 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚魏蟿喂魏萎 渭伪蟿喂维, 伪蠁萎谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 谓伪 蔚尉蔚位喂蠂胃蔚委 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 伪蟻纬蠈 蟻蠀胃渭蠈, 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓 苇谓伪谓 螖慰谓 螝喂蠂蠋蟿畏 谓伪 尉蠀蟺谓维蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螘蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓 蠈蟽慰喂 伪谓伪味畏蟿萎蟽慰蠀谓 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻蠉尾慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 胃伪 伪谓蟿伪渭蔚喂蠁胃慰蠉谓 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰.
螠喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠂蟿喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽苇纬纬喂蟽畏 胃伪 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蠉蟻蔚喂 蔚蠉魏慰位伪 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟿喂 尾喂尾位委慰 魏蟻伪蟿维蔚喂 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀, 蔚谓蠋 慰喂 蠀蟺蠈位慰喂蟺慰喂 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻苇蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽慰蠀谓 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻蠋蟿蔚蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼... 螕喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 未蔚谓 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蠈位慰蠀蟼...
围蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 蠀蟺慰渭慰谓萎, 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪 魏伪喂 蠄维尉喂渭慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蔚蟻胃蔚委蟼 蟽蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 螚 苇谓蟿慰谓畏 蔚蟺伪谓维位畏蠄畏 魏伪喂 畏 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻畏 纬位蠋蟽蟽伪 委蟽蠅蟼 魏慰蠀蟻维蟽蔚喂 渭蔚蟻喂魏慰蠉蟼 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓慰蠀谓 魏维蟿喂 蟺喂慰 "蠂慰位喂纬慰蠀谓蟿喂伪谓维" 蔚蟺喂魏蠈. 螝伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 慰喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰喂 谓伪 渭畏谓 蔚蟺喂蠂蔚喂蟻萎蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽慰蠀谓...
螌蟽慰喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚纬纬委蟽慰蠀谓 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蟺喂慰 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚魏蟿喂魏萎 渭伪蟿喂维, 伪蠁萎谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 谓伪 蔚尉蔚位喂蠂胃蔚委 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 伪蟻纬蠈 蟻蠀胃渭蠈, 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 谓喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓 苇谓伪谓 螖慰谓 螝喂蠂蠋蟿畏 谓伪 尉蠀蟺谓维蔚喂 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螘蟺喂蟺位苇慰谓 蠈蟽慰喂 伪谓伪味畏蟿萎蟽慰蠀谓 未喂维蠁慰蟻蔚蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀渭尾慰位喂蟽渭慰蠉蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻蠉尾慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 胃伪 伪谓蟿伪渭蔚喂蠁胃慰蠉谓 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰.
螠喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蔚蠂蟿喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽苇纬纬喂蟽畏 胃伪 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蠉蟻蔚喂 蔚蠉魏慰位伪 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏 蟺慰蠀 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟿喂 尾喂尾位委慰 魏蟻伪蟿维蔚喂 蟽蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪 蟿慰蠀, 蔚谓蠋 慰喂 蠀蟺蠈位慰喂蟺慰喂 未蠉蟽魏慰位伪 胃伪 渭蟺慰蟻苇蟽慰蠀谓 谓伪 蟺蔚蟻维蟽慰蠀谓 蟿喂蟼 蟺蟻蠋蟿蔚蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼... 螕喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 未蔚谓 蟺蟻慰蟿蔚委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蠈位慰蠀蟼...
November 14, 2017
螌位慰喂 纬谓蠅蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻维蟺蔚味伪蟼 (150 萎蟿伪谓 蟺伪蟻伪魏伪位蠋!), 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰, 蟿慰谓 蟽蔚蟻-螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿, 蟿慰谓 蟽蔚蟻-韦蟻委蟽蟿伪渭 魏伪喂 维位位慰蠀蟼... 韦喂蟼 渭维胃伪渭蔚 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟺伪谓维魏蟻喂尾蔚蟼 蟺伪蟻伪纬蠅纬苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 围蠈位位蠀纬慰蠀谓蟿, 蔚委蟿蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 伪尉苇蠂伪蟽蟿伪 螝螞螒危螜螝螁 螘螜螝螣螡螣螕巍螒桅螚螠螘螡螒. 韦慰蠉蟿慰 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰, 渭伪味委 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 螒蝿 蟿蠈渭慰, 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓伪 蟿慰 1300 蟿蠈蟽慰 蟺蔚蟻委蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 伪蠀胃蔚谓蟿喂魏蠈 尾喂尾位委慰 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺慰委慰 蟽蟿畏蟻委味慰谓蟿伪喂 蠈位蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼. 螆谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰, 未蠉慰 蟿蠈渭慰喂 1200 蟺蔚蟻委蟺慰蠀 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位苇蟼 蟺慰位位苇蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼, 渭蔚 渭维蠂蔚蟼 蟺慰位位苇蟼 伪位位维 魏伪喂 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 伪纬维蟺畏蟼, 渭委蟽慰蠀蟼, 尾伪蟽喂位喂魏苇蟼 魏蠈谓蟿蟻蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蠈位伪 蠈蟽伪 蟽蠀谓苇尾伪喂谓伪谓 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 伪蠀蟿萎 (蟺蔚蟻委蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 550 螠.围.). 螤苇蟻伪蟽伪 蠈渭慰蟻蠁蔚蟼 蟽蟿喂纬渭苇蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼 蟿喂蟼 慰蟺慰委蔚蟼 胃伪 蟿喂蟼 胃蠀渭维渭伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蔚位蟺委未伪 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 谓伪 蟿喂蟼 尉伪谓伪未喂伪尾维蟽蠅. 螕喂伪蟿委 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 伪谓 尾慰渭尾伪蟻未喂味蠈渭伪蟽蟿蔚 渭蔚 谓苇蔚蟼 蔚魏未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼, 蟿伪 魏位伪蟽喂魏维 伪蠀蟿维 苇蟻纬伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪蟺位维胃慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 渭伪蟼. 螁蟻伪 蟿慰 螒巍螜危韦螒 渭蔚 纬蟻维渭渭伪蟿伪 魏蔚蠁伪位伪委伪.....
October 28, 2018
螘 螤 螣 危 !!!
January 24, 2021
螚 螣未蠉蟽蟽蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 喂蟺蟺慰蟿喂魏慰蠉 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼, 纬蔚渭维蟿畏 魏伪蟿慰蟻胃蠋渭伪蟿伪, 喂未伪谓喂魏维 魏伪喂 蟺慰位位苇蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟿蠅谓 危蟿伪蠀蟻慰蠁蠈蟻蠅谓. 螠畏谓 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蟻喂蟽蟿蔚喂蟿蔚 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿伪喂谓委蔚蟼. 韦慰 尾喂尾位委慰 纬喂伪 维位位畏 渭喂伪 蠁慰蟻维 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂蟿慰.
July 11, 2014
I'm reminded of the self-referential quote from William Goldman's masterpiece The Princess Bride:
"Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."
Goldman may as well have been writing about Le Morte d'Arthur, which includes pretty much everything on this list.
I'm glad Penguin* published this book in two volumes, so that I can give four stars to the first half (which is a little generous, if anything), and five to volume two. Taken as a whole, an amazing piece of literature, and perhaps the definitive version of the Arthurian story. While there is a continuous plot to the entire saga (although not always in chronological order), it's broken up into various nearly stand-alone sections, each with its own heroes and storylines. Volume 2 has most of the better episodes, including the great character-driven stories like the Tristram saga and the story of Launcelot and Guinevere, and the eerie, metaphorical story of the Grail Quest.
My favorite story was the tale of Sir Tristram. I particularly enjoyed the rivalry of Tristram and Palomides, who is probably my favorite character in the entire book, and a welcome surprise (since I wasn't familiar with him in advance).
What I enjoyed most about Le Morte d'Arthur are its complex and realistic characters (while the heroes may have superhuman strength and endurance, they exhibit realistic personality flaws and believable motivations). I also liked the way the individual tales were linked together into a cohesive unit, with events and decisions causing repercussions that ripple along throughout the rest of the saga.
The female characters aren't always very well-written, which is perhaps not surprising given the age and theme of the work, with most of them falling into the general categories of damsel in distress, conniving temptress, mischievous sorceress, sacred virgin, or unfaithful wife. But there are some good surprises here, including stories in which the damsel rescues the knight, rather than the other way around, and there are a few female characters with some depth, such as Maledisant.
The other thing that bothered me were the spoilers and anticlimaxes--the places in which Malory gives away the ending (or an important part of it) midway through the story, or else at the end of an episode casually mentions that our hero later gets slain by so-and-so. These sorts of things would never fly today, but of course Malory was writing at a different time, for a different sort of audience (one that would likely already be familiar with these stories, having heard other versions of them).
*I didn't actually read the Penguin version, so I'm not sure where Volume 1 ends and Volume 2 begins. This review covers the text from the beginning of the Tristram story.
"Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."
Goldman may as well have been writing about Le Morte d'Arthur, which includes pretty much everything on this list.
I'm glad Penguin* published this book in two volumes, so that I can give four stars to the first half (which is a little generous, if anything), and five to volume two. Taken as a whole, an amazing piece of literature, and perhaps the definitive version of the Arthurian story. While there is a continuous plot to the entire saga (although not always in chronological order), it's broken up into various nearly stand-alone sections, each with its own heroes and storylines. Volume 2 has most of the better episodes, including the great character-driven stories like the Tristram saga and the story of Launcelot and Guinevere, and the eerie, metaphorical story of the Grail Quest.
My favorite story was the tale of Sir Tristram. I particularly enjoyed the rivalry of Tristram and Palomides, who is probably my favorite character in the entire book, and a welcome surprise (since I wasn't familiar with him in advance).
What I enjoyed most about Le Morte d'Arthur are its complex and realistic characters (while the heroes may have superhuman strength and endurance, they exhibit realistic personality flaws and believable motivations). I also liked the way the individual tales were linked together into a cohesive unit, with events and decisions causing repercussions that ripple along throughout the rest of the saga.
The female characters aren't always very well-written, which is perhaps not surprising given the age and theme of the work, with most of them falling into the general categories of damsel in distress, conniving temptress, mischievous sorceress, sacred virgin, or unfaithful wife. But there are some good surprises here, including stories in which the damsel rescues the knight, rather than the other way around, and there are a few female characters with some depth, such as Maledisant.
The other thing that bothered me were the spoilers and anticlimaxes--the places in which Malory gives away the ending (or an important part of it) midway through the story, or else at the end of an episode casually mentions that our hero later gets slain by so-and-so. These sorts of things would never fly today, but of course Malory was writing at a different time, for a different sort of audience (one that would likely already be familiar with these stories, having heard other versions of them).
*I didn't actually read the Penguin version, so I'm not sure where Volume 1 ends and Volume 2 begins. This review covers the text from the beginning of the Tristram story.
January 22, 2018
"Hic iacet Arthurus, rex quondam, rexque futurus"
January 30, 2024
危蔚 蟽蠀谓苇蠂蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰蠀 蟿蠈渭慰蠀, 魏蠈蟽渭慰蟼 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂委味蔚喂 (渭蔚 蠁蟻喂魏伪位苇伪 蟽蠀蠂谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪) 谓伪 蟺苇蠁蟿蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 维位慰纬伪...
March 8, 2022
I had heard about him, but I never knew much except faint stories. I officially got to know the character when I had to read "Elements of Literature" as part of my undergrad course called "A Survey of British Literature". I realized there are tons of adaptations and works of literature out there pertained to revising these legends and stories. So, since 2009, I've been fascinated with the whole idea, but never found the time or access to physical copies to read them. Until this December!
King Arthur, his court, and I initiated a long journey this past December 2020. I'll be reading some of the most notable adaptations and revisions and I'll share my agenda with you after I finish, just in case someone needed a chronological reading Arthurian plan!
There is no need for me to write how much I enjoyed Malory's account. So, I'll briefly go over things I noticed:
Malory writes matter-of-factly. In other words, he does not try to elongate the scenes with long descriptions, stretches of emotions, or exaggeration. If a knight loses a limb, it does not turn into a tragedy, it becomes a a limb lost in battle and the knights already expected it, so the reader should too! To me, the pithiness of his language makes for more realistic, life-like and solidly emotional scenes.
This observation is one of the reasons I enjoy medieval literature so much. I encountered unexpected little details in the warp of these chivalrous stories and legends. My serious-saga- reader mentality does not allow me to imagine funny or real-life details in the heart of this serious story. However, Malory somehow changed my whole opinion about long legends. Little comments such as how love was much different back then and Malory didn't know what Launcelot and Guenevere were doing behind closed doors (Like kids, love our time wasn't like yours now, and this is what, still fifteenth century?).
Finally, I need to name my favorite chracters, because I feel I owe them. I've lived almost one month with them. Dame Elaine of Corbenic who is King's Pelles's daughter, Elaine of Astolat (Fair maiden of Astolat), and Sir Palomides. There is something really faithful, true, and unheroicly human about them. To me, they are the real characters; so belonging to this world and now, yet so piously in love and magnanimous.
King Arthur, his court, and I initiated a long journey this past December 2020. I'll be reading some of the most notable adaptations and revisions and I'll share my agenda with you after I finish, just in case someone needed a chronological reading Arthurian plan!
There is no need for me to write how much I enjoyed Malory's account. So, I'll briefly go over things I noticed:
Malory writes matter-of-factly. In other words, he does not try to elongate the scenes with long descriptions, stretches of emotions, or exaggeration. If a knight loses a limb, it does not turn into a tragedy, it becomes a a limb lost in battle and the knights already expected it, so the reader should too! To me, the pithiness of his language makes for more realistic, life-like and solidly emotional scenes.
This observation is one of the reasons I enjoy medieval literature so much. I encountered unexpected little details in the warp of these chivalrous stories and legends. My serious-saga- reader mentality does not allow me to imagine funny or real-life details in the heart of this serious story. However, Malory somehow changed my whole opinion about long legends. Little comments such as how love was much different back then and Malory didn't know what Launcelot and Guenevere were doing behind closed doors (Like kids, love our time wasn't like yours now, and this is what, still fifteenth century?).
Finally, I need to name my favorite chracters, because I feel I owe them. I've lived almost one month with them. Dame Elaine of Corbenic who is King's Pelles's daughter, Elaine of Astolat (Fair maiden of Astolat), and Sir Palomides. There is something really faithful, true, and unheroicly human about them. To me, they are the real characters; so belonging to this world and now, yet so piously in love and magnanimous.
July 30, 2019
Part two of Malory's collected tales is even better than the first. By the time a reader reaches part two, they presumably had enough time to become more accustomed to the language.
Also, the second part is more story-full and lots of things tend to happen, or at least many of the 'big' things we all know from popular culture (the Guinevere-Lancelot plot, the Mordred plot, the betrayal of Arthur and his death, etc.)
Loved the Maledisant character as a more atypical female char (not evil sorceress / temptress, nor damsel in distress), but playful / teasing strong lady.
My only tinge of sadness regarding the book is the fact that I realized that my ability to emotionally feel the story is dampened by the English style. I know some of these stories and they can move me as archetypes / cultural references for an entire host of European lore. But here, I can read them and be intellectually interested in some of the details involved, but I'm not personally moved. I'm sure this is due to the old style of writing and the the bluntness inherent in it.
Also, the second part is more story-full and lots of things tend to happen, or at least many of the 'big' things we all know from popular culture (the Guinevere-Lancelot plot, the Mordred plot, the betrayal of Arthur and his death, etc.)
Loved the Maledisant character as a more atypical female char (not evil sorceress / temptress, nor damsel in distress), but playful / teasing strong lady.
My only tinge of sadness regarding the book is the fact that I realized that my ability to emotionally feel the story is dampened by the English style. I know some of these stories and they can move me as archetypes / cultural references for an entire host of European lore. But here, I can read them and be intellectually interested in some of the details involved, but I'm not personally moved. I'm sure this is due to the old style of writing and the the bluntness inherent in it.
August 23, 2010
What can I say about Le Morte d'Arthur that I didn't say in my review of part 1?
I had to sort of force my way through it, as an essential part of my Arthurian reading. Still, I find that it wasn't worthwhile, really. I had thought it would give me insight into modern Arthurian stuff, which seemed to have little to nothing to do with most of the lays I had read. Someone said that most things are based on Le Morte, so I thought I'd check it out.
I think most things are based on things based on Le Morte. It's just so tediously written. I wonder it did well on first publication. Sure, the really good Arthurian stuff was all in French, but c'mon, Chaucer did some translating back in his day - was there no one more skilled than this punter in the 15th C to bring the French Arthurian romances back home to England? I mean... it's as bad as I'm saying, kids. He summarizes. He's formulaic. It's prose so you wonder why he can't describe things a little more interestingly. He even has a few "Except that wasn't Gareth, it was Gawain, my bad" lines. It's like listening to someone badly re-tell a story.
I had to sort of force my way through it, as an essential part of my Arthurian reading. Still, I find that it wasn't worthwhile, really. I had thought it would give me insight into modern Arthurian stuff, which seemed to have little to nothing to do with most of the lays I had read. Someone said that most things are based on Le Morte, so I thought I'd check it out.
I think most things are based on things based on Le Morte. It's just so tediously written. I wonder it did well on first publication. Sure, the really good Arthurian stuff was all in French, but c'mon, Chaucer did some translating back in his day - was there no one more skilled than this punter in the 15th C to bring the French Arthurian romances back home to England? I mean... it's as bad as I'm saying, kids. He summarizes. He's formulaic. It's prose so you wonder why he can't describe things a little more interestingly. He even has a few "Except that wasn't Gareth, it was Gawain, my bad" lines. It's like listening to someone badly re-tell a story.
March 19, 2025
"... in handling this theme they seize from the beginning on the tragic possibilities that lie in wait for chivalry when it is drawn aside from the only true quest, 鈥榯he seeking out of the high secrets and hidden things of Our Lord鈥�. The Grail is the goal of man鈥檚 highest endeavour; and by this standard Sir Lancelot, best of earthly knights, falls short."
The whole thing is great, but the second half is my personal favorite.
The whole thing is great, but the second half is my personal favorite.
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September 21, 2024The Bible is not a book.
No, sorry, that鈥檚 misleading: it鈥檚 a big, papery thing with pages and print in; the very word means book; if you鈥檙e of the right tradition it鈥檚 not merely a book, it鈥檚 the Book of Books. Of course it鈥檚 a book. But though it is a book, it鈥檚 not a book: it鈥檚 a whole collection of them. And since these were written by various bods in various places at various times, and indeed in at least two different languages, it鈥檚 a diverse and sometimes contradictory one. It makes no sense to treat the Bible as a single work; it isn鈥檛 one.
And there are those who say it鈥檚 the literal word of God, but they are wrong, either misunderstanding their own cultural heritage or using the word literal quite, quite incorrectly. Whether you regard it as conveying holy truth or not, whether you think it鈥檚 inspired by the almighty or not, whatever reverence you hold the thing in, however much respect it may deserve, it鈥檚 the literal word of man. And more than one man at that.
Ahem.
But the nature of the Bible means that, if you insist on treating it as literature 鈥� an approach to which it is not entirely amenable, which I do not altogether advise, and which should be approached with rather more care than than just whacking a rating of 1-5 on a website somewhere 鈥� and you want to do the job properly, you have to review it book by book. You can鈥檛 take it in a single lump. And even then, take off your shoes, for you tread on holy ground.
And if God exists, and doesn鈥檛 have a sense of humour then I鈥檓 now literally going to Hell. But then, if God is that than which no more perfect being may be imagined, He鈥檚 bound to have a sense of humour. Bound to. Surely.
I wonder if I鈥檒l enjoy eternal damnation鈥�
But I鈥檓 getting sidetracked; this is not a review of the Bible, this is a review of Le Morte d鈥橝rthur. A bad one.
Le Morte d鈥橝rthur is not a book鈥�
So, the Morte d鈥橝rthur is not one single book: it鈥檚 twenty-one books drawn from various sources, largely translated from French romances, and which ranges from pseudo-history, through fantasy, to the heavily symbolic heavily explained; taking in an awful lot of people knocking other people off horses with sticks. And it runs the gamut from high-flown to the remarkably earthy; from the almost dreamlike to the nearly realistic; from the highly structured to the near-chaotic. It isn鈥檛, and doesn鈥檛 pretend to be, a unified whole. It鈥檚 been compiled and compressed from earlier material.
This process, as I understand it, may or may not have been done by someone called Sir Thomas Malory (spellings vary), who may or may not have been in prison at the time, and who may or may not have therefore had time on his hands.
Which tells you a lot about the medieval attitude to authorship. That I read it very, very slowly tells something of the challenge I found it.
The twenty-one books you can break down into a handful of big stories, a few stand-alones, and an awful lot of people knocking each other off horses with sticks. There are some muddles over chronology, the odd continuity error, a dash of repetition and some strange shifts of character in the鈥� characters. It鈥檚 all pretty consistent within the books, but between them it can be a bit odd. Sir Kay, for example, starts out as superpowered champion, but ends up as pompous git. The thing would never get past a proper editor. Happily, I鈥檓 not one. I don鈥檛 have to be serious, or do the job properly: I鈥檓 just some random bloke reading the book for fun. You shouldn鈥檛 take what I have to say as gospel.
So the question is, was it鈥� is it鈥� fun?
Well, the fun level was, I confess, rather variable. I鈥檓 pretty tolerant of sentences the wrong way round that do appear to be, and such as have a touch of vocab curious. The which were fortunate and be, in any case, the no more hard to read than do be Shakespeare, properly considered, and without the funnie spellinges (which, in the edition I read, have been tidied up). I can just about deal with the wall of text effect (no paragraph-breaks), though it caused some subconscious discomfort, and I only noticed it late in book XVII. Your position may be different on these matters.
I鈥檓 less tolerant of chapter after chapter of bloody fight-scenes. It鈥檚 as bad the The Iliad in some places.
Yes, I know how silly it is to grumble about fight-scenes in chivalric romances and epic war-poetry where, after all, they might reasonably be expected. What I鈥檓 getting at is this: the descriptions in both are highly stylised, almost formulaic, and though that stops each individual instance from bogging things down, and though they vary a bit between books, when you get lots together in the same book it鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over. It鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over. It鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over鈥�
But it鈥檚 not all jousting; even if it can feel like it sometimes. Particularly in chapter X. And chapter X, for no obvious reason, is split between the two volumes of this edition. Like the wall of text effect, this shouldn鈥檛 have worried me, but somehow did. Thank God it鈥檚 over鈥� Oh, it isn鈥檛.
Sorry. Sidetracked again. It鈥檚 not all jousting.
Very roughly, then, you鈥檝e got a first volume consisting of a brief recounting of almost everything you think you know about King Arthur, followed by a few stand-alone adventures, then quite a lot of Sir Tristram. The second volume polishes off the Tristram material, reels off a great tranche of grail material, and does a bit of Launcelot and Guenever, before dealing with the other bit you think you know about King Arthur. Which makes Arthur at best peripheral to his own book.
(If you鈥檙e reading it purely for Arthur, you just want the first and last few books and can skip the bit in the middle).
Which takes me where? Where is the fun? Was there any?
Well, yes, but I think in the shorter sections, and in the variety there. The longer bits 鈥� the Tristram and grail material 鈥� heavily outstayed their welcome. That鈥檚 just me, of course, you might be deeply interested in those aspects 鈥� sports commentary and heavy Christian symbolism; personally I was muttering things like 鈥淔our lions and a white hart going into a church? Yes, the four evangelists and Jesus. Obvious. Next!鈥� and 鈥淒o we really have to have a blow-by-blow account of this tournament?鈥�. I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l read the whole thing again, but I might dip into the odd book.
And that, arguably, is exactly what鈥檚 happened to this over the years: people have picked out the bits they like and written stories and poems, painted paintings, embroidered and elaborated, and generally used it as a pattern-book and source of inspiration. All of which makes some of it really, really familiar, some of it bizarrely alien, and some of it feel, actually, quite sketchy. And you have to bear in mind that Malory is just a step in this process, and he鈥檚 taken it from people who have played with an existing tradition. So you can read the earlier stuff (good luck), or the later stuff, but it鈥檚 perfectly ok to take a pick 鈥榥鈥� mix approach. And I鈥檓 going to keep telling myself that.
And there we have it: a bad review of Le Morte d鈥橝rthur.
No, sorry, that鈥檚 misleading: it鈥檚 a big, papery thing with pages and print in; the very word means book; if you鈥檙e of the right tradition it鈥檚 not merely a book, it鈥檚 the Book of Books. Of course it鈥檚 a book. But though it is a book, it鈥檚 not a book: it鈥檚 a whole collection of them. And since these were written by various bods in various places at various times, and indeed in at least two different languages, it鈥檚 a diverse and sometimes contradictory one. It makes no sense to treat the Bible as a single work; it isn鈥檛 one.
And there are those who say it鈥檚 the literal word of God, but they are wrong, either misunderstanding their own cultural heritage or using the word literal quite, quite incorrectly. Whether you regard it as conveying holy truth or not, whether you think it鈥檚 inspired by the almighty or not, whatever reverence you hold the thing in, however much respect it may deserve, it鈥檚 the literal word of man. And more than one man at that.
Ahem.
But the nature of the Bible means that, if you insist on treating it as literature 鈥� an approach to which it is not entirely amenable, which I do not altogether advise, and which should be approached with rather more care than than just whacking a rating of 1-5 on a website somewhere 鈥� and you want to do the job properly, you have to review it book by book. You can鈥檛 take it in a single lump. And even then, take off your shoes, for you tread on holy ground.
And if God exists, and doesn鈥檛 have a sense of humour then I鈥檓 now literally going to Hell. But then, if God is that than which no more perfect being may be imagined, He鈥檚 bound to have a sense of humour. Bound to. Surely.
I wonder if I鈥檒l enjoy eternal damnation鈥�
But I鈥檓 getting sidetracked; this is not a review of the Bible, this is a review of Le Morte d鈥橝rthur. A bad one.
Le Morte d鈥橝rthur is not a book鈥�
So, the Morte d鈥橝rthur is not one single book: it鈥檚 twenty-one books drawn from various sources, largely translated from French romances, and which ranges from pseudo-history, through fantasy, to the heavily symbolic heavily explained; taking in an awful lot of people knocking other people off horses with sticks. And it runs the gamut from high-flown to the remarkably earthy; from the almost dreamlike to the nearly realistic; from the highly structured to the near-chaotic. It isn鈥檛, and doesn鈥檛 pretend to be, a unified whole. It鈥檚 been compiled and compressed from earlier material.
This process, as I understand it, may or may not have been done by someone called Sir Thomas Malory (spellings vary), who may or may not have been in prison at the time, and who may or may not have therefore had time on his hands.
Which tells you a lot about the medieval attitude to authorship. That I read it very, very slowly tells something of the challenge I found it.
The twenty-one books you can break down into a handful of big stories, a few stand-alones, and an awful lot of people knocking each other off horses with sticks. There are some muddles over chronology, the odd continuity error, a dash of repetition and some strange shifts of character in the鈥� characters. It鈥檚 all pretty consistent within the books, but between them it can be a bit odd. Sir Kay, for example, starts out as superpowered champion, but ends up as pompous git. The thing would never get past a proper editor. Happily, I鈥檓 not one. I don鈥檛 have to be serious, or do the job properly: I鈥檓 just some random bloke reading the book for fun. You shouldn鈥檛 take what I have to say as gospel.
So the question is, was it鈥� is it鈥� fun?
Well, the fun level was, I confess, rather variable. I鈥檓 pretty tolerant of sentences the wrong way round that do appear to be, and such as have a touch of vocab curious. The which were fortunate and be, in any case, the no more hard to read than do be Shakespeare, properly considered, and without the funnie spellinges (which, in the edition I read, have been tidied up). I can just about deal with the wall of text effect (no paragraph-breaks), though it caused some subconscious discomfort, and I only noticed it late in book XVII. Your position may be different on these matters.
I鈥檓 less tolerant of chapter after chapter of bloody fight-scenes. It鈥檚 as bad the The Iliad in some places.
Yes, I know how silly it is to grumble about fight-scenes in chivalric romances and epic war-poetry where, after all, they might reasonably be expected. What I鈥檓 getting at is this: the descriptions in both are highly stylised, almost formulaic, and though that stops each individual instance from bogging things down, and though they vary a bit between books, when you get lots together in the same book it鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over. It鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over. It鈥檚 like reading the same sentence over and over鈥�
But it鈥檚 not all jousting; even if it can feel like it sometimes. Particularly in chapter X. And chapter X, for no obvious reason, is split between the two volumes of this edition. Like the wall of text effect, this shouldn鈥檛 have worried me, but somehow did. Thank God it鈥檚 over鈥� Oh, it isn鈥檛.
Sorry. Sidetracked again. It鈥檚 not all jousting.
Very roughly, then, you鈥檝e got a first volume consisting of a brief recounting of almost everything you think you know about King Arthur, followed by a few stand-alone adventures, then quite a lot of Sir Tristram. The second volume polishes off the Tristram material, reels off a great tranche of grail material, and does a bit of Launcelot and Guenever, before dealing with the other bit you think you know about King Arthur. Which makes Arthur at best peripheral to his own book.
(If you鈥檙e reading it purely for Arthur, you just want the first and last few books and can skip the bit in the middle).
Which takes me where? Where is the fun? Was there any?
Well, yes, but I think in the shorter sections, and in the variety there. The longer bits 鈥� the Tristram and grail material 鈥� heavily outstayed their welcome. That鈥檚 just me, of course, you might be deeply interested in those aspects 鈥� sports commentary and heavy Christian symbolism; personally I was muttering things like 鈥淔our lions and a white hart going into a church? Yes, the four evangelists and Jesus. Obvious. Next!鈥� and 鈥淒o we really have to have a blow-by-blow account of this tournament?鈥�. I don鈥檛 think I鈥檒l read the whole thing again, but I might dip into the odd book.
And that, arguably, is exactly what鈥檚 happened to this over the years: people have picked out the bits they like and written stories and poems, painted paintings, embroidered and elaborated, and generally used it as a pattern-book and source of inspiration. All of which makes some of it really, really familiar, some of it bizarrely alien, and some of it feel, actually, quite sketchy. And you have to bear in mind that Malory is just a step in this process, and he鈥檚 taken it from people who have played with an existing tradition. So you can read the earlier stuff (good luck), or the later stuff, but it鈥檚 perfectly ok to take a pick 鈥榥鈥� mix approach. And I鈥檓 going to keep telling myself that.
And there we have it: a bad review of Le Morte d鈥橝rthur.
June 12, 2013
This is the way that Arthur ends, not with a bang but a whimper.
Two volumes, almost 700 pages of relentless jousts, avoiding horses, mighty buffets (that's knights groaning under sword strokes rather than tables groaning under the weight of scotch eggs and pork pies), ladies dying for love, dwarves, more tournaments, spears breaking, the quest for the Holy Grail, page upon page of listing Knight's names, further tournaments and knightly adventures featuring jousts, Arthur and Mordred meet in possibly the smallest chapter of the two volumes, and promptly die within a couple of paragraphs. Underwhelming is not the word.
There are some fascinating textural and historical devices through the whole work: It was one of the first books published by Caxton, and despite some debate who actually wrote it, it is accepted the Malory that did write it was stuck in the Tower of London during the Wars of the Roses. Consequently there is huge amount of betrayal and conflict between various Knights of the Round Table. Alliances are made and broken within a blink of an eye, often over trivial slights, and people are wounded or die as a result, which must have been a pretty accurate representation of life at the time of the Lancastrian and Yorkist struggle.
Also, given the weight of popular culture behind the legend of Arthur, the Grail takes a relatively small section of the whole, and some of the Knights we know and love turn out to be darker and more brutal than the rosy presentations we have know, particularly Gawain, whereas Lancelot comes off much better, which is odd as it's quite clear he's been copping off with Guinevere.
I have to say this is one of those books I've wanted to read for years and years. I've searched the second hand book shops the length and breadth of Blighty trying to find a matching pair in eager anticipation of something as beautiful and gripping as , only to get massive list of Knights' names, far too much avoiding of horses and a lingering sense I've sorted of wasted all those years.
Two volumes, almost 700 pages of relentless jousts, avoiding horses, mighty buffets (that's knights groaning under sword strokes rather than tables groaning under the weight of scotch eggs and pork pies), ladies dying for love, dwarves, more tournaments, spears breaking, the quest for the Holy Grail, page upon page of listing Knight's names, further tournaments and knightly adventures featuring jousts, Arthur and Mordred meet in possibly the smallest chapter of the two volumes, and promptly die within a couple of paragraphs. Underwhelming is not the word.
There are some fascinating textural and historical devices through the whole work: It was one of the first books published by Caxton, and despite some debate who actually wrote it, it is accepted the Malory that did write it was stuck in the Tower of London during the Wars of the Roses. Consequently there is huge amount of betrayal and conflict between various Knights of the Round Table. Alliances are made and broken within a blink of an eye, often over trivial slights, and people are wounded or die as a result, which must have been a pretty accurate representation of life at the time of the Lancastrian and Yorkist struggle.
Also, given the weight of popular culture behind the legend of Arthur, the Grail takes a relatively small section of the whole, and some of the Knights we know and love turn out to be darker and more brutal than the rosy presentations we have know, particularly Gawain, whereas Lancelot comes off much better, which is odd as it's quite clear he's been copping off with Guinevere.
I have to say this is one of those books I've wanted to read for years and years. I've searched the second hand book shops the length and breadth of Blighty trying to find a matching pair in eager anticipation of something as beautiful and gripping as , only to get massive list of Knights' names, far too much avoiding of horses and a lingering sense I've sorted of wasted all those years.
March 3, 2011
I found, when I started reading it, that this volume was more difficult than the first. I awarded it to the fact that the first third of the book is a continuation of a the story about Tristram. I didn't really know much about this knight before reading "Le Morte", but I still don't find his story all that intriguing. I feel like it was, perhaps, just another rendition of the love triangle between Lancealot, Artur and Gwen. Only this time we have zero qualms about rooting for the adulterer.
Once I had gotten through Tristram's story, the second 2/3rd picked up for me. I have previously read "The Once and Future King" and many of the stroies in that book (at least the meaningful ones, for me) showed up. Even so, it was still quite a drudge to get through everything. I want to learn more about the Arthurian legends, and this seemed like a good place to start. However, it was a long hard road, and a bit unsatisfying when it all boiled down.
For me, the most redeming factor, and the thing that kept me going for all 53 chapters, was reading about the final showdown between Arthur and Mordred. The last bit about what became of Lancealot and Gwenivere was also a nice addition.
All and all, it was worth it for me. But I think that if you are interested in the adventure and romance that this legend conjures up in our modern minds, try something else.
Once I had gotten through Tristram's story, the second 2/3rd picked up for me. I have previously read "The Once and Future King" and many of the stroies in that book (at least the meaningful ones, for me) showed up. Even so, it was still quite a drudge to get through everything. I want to learn more about the Arthurian legends, and this seemed like a good place to start. However, it was a long hard road, and a bit unsatisfying when it all boiled down.
For me, the most redeming factor, and the thing that kept me going for all 53 chapters, was reading about the final showdown between Arthur and Mordred. The last bit about what became of Lancealot and Gwenivere was also a nice addition.
All and all, it was worth it for me. But I think that if you are interested in the adventure and romance that this legend conjures up in our modern minds, try something else.
August 1, 2024
Books 10-21
You get a smite, you get a smite, everyone gets a smite! They got knocked down and they get up again even if they apparently were mortally wounded.
Like Volume 1, there are lots of characters and battles to keep track of but I could understand what was going on. Some sections felt rushed and I would have liked to spend more time finding out the stories of some of the lesser known knights. I also realised that this is not really a story about King Arthur (he actually doesn't appear that much) but more about his knights.
You get a smite, you get a smite, everyone gets a smite! They got knocked down and they get up again even if they apparently were mortally wounded.
Like Volume 1, there are lots of characters and battles to keep track of but I could understand what was going on. Some sections felt rushed and I would have liked to spend more time finding out the stories of some of the lesser known knights. I also realised that this is not really a story about King Arthur (he actually doesn't appear that much) but more about his knights.
February 27, 2013
I lived in an apartment building in 1989 that had a book swap on every floor. I was traveled each floor mining for literary gold-- and found it with this book. I love this book, it goes into detail on King Arthur and the knights of his court. It tells the major and minor story lines. I go back to it often.
February 19, 2007
Imprescindible para los obsesionados con los ciclos art煤ricos, la mejor novela escrita acerca de Arturo. Compleja, enrevesada, monumental... La acci贸n se describe morosamente, a veces no avanza... Sin embargo, es atrayente y sugestiva.
December 17, 2017
Melhor do que o primeiro, mas ainda assim, aqu茅m do esperado.
Ainda estou esperan莽ada de que a narrativa melhore com a demanda do Santo Graal, a ver vamos...
Ainda estou esperan莽ada de que a narrativa melhore com a demanda do Santo Graal, a ver vamos...
May 29, 2021
This was a struggle.
The story of Arthur and his Knights has changed a lot in the retellings down the centuries, which is probably the only reason the legend is still looked on fondly.
Because honestly this was hard to stomach.
The heros of the story were serial liars and adulterers, who feel back on might makes right more times than I can count. A man praised for seducing and sleeping with anothers wife, another man worshipped as righteous for kidnapping a woman and forcing her to submit to his desires after she repents her seductress and evil ways.
What. The. Fuck?
These are the heroes of legend people are supposed to think of fondly?
There was some irony in the quest for the grail, that all these righteous and noble knights were universally unworthy and called out on their sins.. but that this is seen as a tragedy and only made those sins (lets be honest. usually it was basically the sin of lusting after and then raping a woman) more noble in the eyes of the story and just. Fucking. Yikes.
Did not age well.
Similarly.. Over the two volumes I expected a little bit more King Arthur in the legend of King Arthur.
I had to force myself to finish this book, and just having this book on the go sucked the joy out of reading for *months*. Im glad to know a little bit more about the classics, but now every time I think of all the new retellings with how noble everyone is supposed to be.. im going to have a bad taste in my mouth.
The story of Arthur and his Knights has changed a lot in the retellings down the centuries, which is probably the only reason the legend is still looked on fondly.
Because honestly this was hard to stomach.
The heros of the story were serial liars and adulterers, who feel back on might makes right more times than I can count. A man praised for seducing and sleeping with anothers wife, another man worshipped as righteous for kidnapping a woman and forcing her to submit to his desires after she repents her seductress and evil ways.
What. The. Fuck?
These are the heroes of legend people are supposed to think of fondly?
There was some irony in the quest for the grail, that all these righteous and noble knights were universally unworthy and called out on their sins.. but that this is seen as a tragedy and only made those sins (lets be honest. usually it was basically the sin of lusting after and then raping a woman) more noble in the eyes of the story and just. Fucking. Yikes.
Did not age well.
Similarly.. Over the two volumes I expected a little bit more King Arthur in the legend of King Arthur.
I had to force myself to finish this book, and just having this book on the go sucked the joy out of reading for *months*. Im glad to know a little bit more about the classics, but now every time I think of all the new retellings with how noble everyone is supposed to be.. im going to have a bad taste in my mouth.
February 13, 2020
I think Librivox is a phenomenal idea, but the first part of 鈥淟e Mort d鈥橝rtur鈥� was very irregular, some readers were phenomenal, other鈥檚 weren鈥檛. More importantly, there was very little consistency in how names were pronounced, and I dare say, in the versions of the text they were following. Thus, for the second part I went for consistency and got Frederick Davidson鈥檚 version. He is not my favorite reader, but he does a good job. That is, until female characters show up. I do not think it is an easy job for a man to read women. However, if all you do is give them a 鈥渟illy girl鈥� voice , it is a disservice to the book, which mind you does not champion the cause of ladies, fair or not.
Between the two volumes, it is clear to me that although 鈥淟e Mort d鈥橝rtur鈥� is certainly a book meant to be read aloud, it is not a book to be read to while cooking, house working, or walking. First world problems: too many books, too little time.
Between the two volumes, it is clear to me that although 鈥淟e Mort d鈥橝rtur鈥� is certainly a book meant to be read aloud, it is not a book to be read to while cooking, house working, or walking. First world problems: too many books, too little time.
January 13, 2024
Este segundo volumen me gust贸 m谩s que el primero y creo que tiene que ver con que es pr谩cticamente toda una historia seguida, est谩 siendo la de sir Tristan, y no varias vi帽etas como lo fue el primero. Hasta el pr贸ximo volumen juzgare toda la historia peor si disfrute mucho este.
January 2, 2024
Les critiques sont vraies : bien meilleur que le pr茅c茅dent !
May 25, 2021
Launcelot :(
January 27, 2023
Sir Thomas Malory鈥檚 Le Morte D鈥橝rthur is for me the most evocative and enthralling version of the Arthurian legend, it is the definitive version.
This Penguin edition was published in two volumes. Each volume containing between 450 and 500 pages. The whole book is split into 21 books, the first volume featured the first 9 books this second volume contains the last 12 books. It features Lancelot鈥檚 quest for the Holy Grail, his affair with Guenevere and cumulates with Arthur鈥檚 final battle against the treacherous Sir Mordred.
Book X, the first book here, is at 184 pages the longest book in the series. It concerns mainly Sir Tristram de Liones but as with all the stories it does digress quite a bit. As with the first volume there is plenty of action, if the knights aren鈥檛 engaged in war they are usually jousting and there is quite a bit of jousting in book X! The complex relationship between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides begins to develop here too. From there the story moves on in book XI to Sir Launcelot but does return briefly to relate the conclusion of Tristram and Palomides in book XII. The pace now increases as we encounter spitting dragons, serpents and magic. Launcelot becomes, through enchantment, embroiled in a love triangle between Queen Guenevere and Elaine. The affair has a negative effect on him driving him into madness. Elaine is the daughter of King Pelles cousin of Joseph of Aritmathea. It is Pelles who introduces Launcelot to the Sangrail, the Holy Grail, in which he prophecies will break up the round table. There鈥檚 more fantasy here, it鈥檚 more of the romanticism you鈥檇 expect from Arthurian legend. This is one of my favourite parts of the whole book, I loved Sir Galahad鈥檚 story and Sir Lancelot鈥檚 realisation that he may not be the chivalrous knight he thought he was as he hears the harsh words of a hermit:
鈥楴ow take heed, in all the world men shall not find one knight to whom Our Lord hath given so much of grace as He hath given you, for He hath given you fairness with seemliness, He hath given thee wit, discretion to know good from evil, He hath given thee prowess and hardiness, and given thee to work so largely that thou hast had at all days the better wheresomever thou came; and now Our Lord will suffer thee no longer.鈥�
At which Launcelot promises to repent:
鈥榓ll that you have said is true, and from henceforward I cast me, by the grace of God, never to be so wicked as I have been, but as to follow knighthood and to do feats of arms.鈥�
However he struggles to adhere to his repentance. Launcelot is one of the most powerful and complex characters in the Arthurian stories. His affair with Guenevere is compassionately dealt with by Malory, in a rare narrative aside he contemplates their affair:
鈥榃herefore I liken love nowadays unto summer and winter; for like as the one is hot and the other cold, so fareth love nowadays; therefore all ye that be lovers call unto your remembrance the month of May, like as did Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.鈥�
As the story unfolds religion becomes an important element in the story and the knights who seek the grail are subject to attacks from the devil as they learn that jousting isn鈥檛 the only battles they will have to win to achieve there goal. We also learn, through flashbacks, from Merlin the significance of the round table and the relevance of the Holy Grail. The story of the Sangrail is at the centre of Arthurian legend. Malory uses this as an analogy of the failings of the Britain he lives in stating 鈥榯he Grail will never return to Britain because too few people believe in it.鈥� In this Le Morte D鈥橝rthur鈥檚 tale of a declining empire is as relevant to Britain today as it was in Malory鈥檚 days. As well as this Le Morte D鈥橝rthur is a story of love, faith, loyalty, adultery, murder and selfishness as well as selflessness, it鈥檚 a tale of religious morality and an adventure story.
The downfall of Camelot can be attributed to many things, everyone has a hand in it. The lustfulness of Guenevere, the disloyalty of Lancelot, hatred and ambition also play a part. Each small act that leads to all the blood and destruction could鈥檝e been avoided if individual actions had been different, people could have turned away, but they don鈥檛. There is many lessons to be learned from this tale.
The last battle when it comes is on such a scale it overshadows all the battles before it with over 100鈥�000 dead! Despite the sad end to Arthur鈥檚 story Malory leaves us with a little hope:
鈥榊et some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross. And the inscription on his gravestone was:
鈥楬ic iacet Arthurus, Rex quondam Rex que futurus鈥� - 鈥楬ere lies King Arthur, once and future King鈥�.
There are many updated versions of Malory鈥檚 book including the highly recommended Once and Future King by T.H. White. However every book ever written about Arthur since Malory owes a debt to him. Malory tells the whole story from the conception of Camelot through to its downfall and he brings the complexities of the story and all the main characters into sharp focus. The versions I have read focus on it from a literary point of view and do not tap into the complexities and symbolisms of Malory.
Initially reading this can seem a daunting task, the complexity and dense symbolism aside the archaic style can seem a huge obstacle especially considering its length. This penguin version is split into two volumes but still needs to read back to back. I found though once I got into the rhythm of the prose that it actually added to the charm. This is admittedly my second reading, I first read it about 40 years ago and back then I did struggle with it, but it made an impression on me and I knew one day I would return to it. It is the a masterful work and is one of my favourite books of all time.
Considering Volume II as a separate book from Volume I, which it is, it is far better than volume I, and that book was superb. This is mainly due to the fact that Volume II has the Holy Grail, Guenevere and Lancelot鈥檚 affair and the jaw dropping emotional ending.
This Penguin edition was published in two volumes. Each volume containing between 450 and 500 pages. The whole book is split into 21 books, the first volume featured the first 9 books this second volume contains the last 12 books. It features Lancelot鈥檚 quest for the Holy Grail, his affair with Guenevere and cumulates with Arthur鈥檚 final battle against the treacherous Sir Mordred.
Book X, the first book here, is at 184 pages the longest book in the series. It concerns mainly Sir Tristram de Liones but as with all the stories it does digress quite a bit. As with the first volume there is plenty of action, if the knights aren鈥檛 engaged in war they are usually jousting and there is quite a bit of jousting in book X! The complex relationship between Sir Tristram and Sir Palomides begins to develop here too. From there the story moves on in book XI to Sir Launcelot but does return briefly to relate the conclusion of Tristram and Palomides in book XII. The pace now increases as we encounter spitting dragons, serpents and magic. Launcelot becomes, through enchantment, embroiled in a love triangle between Queen Guenevere and Elaine. The affair has a negative effect on him driving him into madness. Elaine is the daughter of King Pelles cousin of Joseph of Aritmathea. It is Pelles who introduces Launcelot to the Sangrail, the Holy Grail, in which he prophecies will break up the round table. There鈥檚 more fantasy here, it鈥檚 more of the romanticism you鈥檇 expect from Arthurian legend. This is one of my favourite parts of the whole book, I loved Sir Galahad鈥檚 story and Sir Lancelot鈥檚 realisation that he may not be the chivalrous knight he thought he was as he hears the harsh words of a hermit:
鈥楴ow take heed, in all the world men shall not find one knight to whom Our Lord hath given so much of grace as He hath given you, for He hath given you fairness with seemliness, He hath given thee wit, discretion to know good from evil, He hath given thee prowess and hardiness, and given thee to work so largely that thou hast had at all days the better wheresomever thou came; and now Our Lord will suffer thee no longer.鈥�
At which Launcelot promises to repent:
鈥榓ll that you have said is true, and from henceforward I cast me, by the grace of God, never to be so wicked as I have been, but as to follow knighthood and to do feats of arms.鈥�
However he struggles to adhere to his repentance. Launcelot is one of the most powerful and complex characters in the Arthurian stories. His affair with Guenevere is compassionately dealt with by Malory, in a rare narrative aside he contemplates their affair:
鈥榃herefore I liken love nowadays unto summer and winter; for like as the one is hot and the other cold, so fareth love nowadays; therefore all ye that be lovers call unto your remembrance the month of May, like as did Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.鈥�
As the story unfolds religion becomes an important element in the story and the knights who seek the grail are subject to attacks from the devil as they learn that jousting isn鈥檛 the only battles they will have to win to achieve there goal. We also learn, through flashbacks, from Merlin the significance of the round table and the relevance of the Holy Grail. The story of the Sangrail is at the centre of Arthurian legend. Malory uses this as an analogy of the failings of the Britain he lives in stating 鈥榯he Grail will never return to Britain because too few people believe in it.鈥� In this Le Morte D鈥橝rthur鈥檚 tale of a declining empire is as relevant to Britain today as it was in Malory鈥檚 days. As well as this Le Morte D鈥橝rthur is a story of love, faith, loyalty, adultery, murder and selfishness as well as selflessness, it鈥檚 a tale of religious morality and an adventure story.
The downfall of Camelot can be attributed to many things, everyone has a hand in it. The lustfulness of Guenevere, the disloyalty of Lancelot, hatred and ambition also play a part. Each small act that leads to all the blood and destruction could鈥檝e been avoided if individual actions had been different, people could have turned away, but they don鈥檛. There is many lessons to be learned from this tale.
The last battle when it comes is on such a scale it overshadows all the battles before it with over 100鈥�000 dead! Despite the sad end to Arthur鈥檚 story Malory leaves us with a little hope:
鈥榊et some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into another place; and men say that he shall come again, and he shall win the holy cross. And the inscription on his gravestone was:
鈥楬ic iacet Arthurus, Rex quondam Rex que futurus鈥� - 鈥楬ere lies King Arthur, once and future King鈥�.
There are many updated versions of Malory鈥檚 book including the highly recommended Once and Future King by T.H. White. However every book ever written about Arthur since Malory owes a debt to him. Malory tells the whole story from the conception of Camelot through to its downfall and he brings the complexities of the story and all the main characters into sharp focus. The versions I have read focus on it from a literary point of view and do not tap into the complexities and symbolisms of Malory.
Initially reading this can seem a daunting task, the complexity and dense symbolism aside the archaic style can seem a huge obstacle especially considering its length. This penguin version is split into two volumes but still needs to read back to back. I found though once I got into the rhythm of the prose that it actually added to the charm. This is admittedly my second reading, I first read it about 40 years ago and back then I did struggle with it, but it made an impression on me and I knew one day I would return to it. It is the a masterful work and is one of my favourite books of all time.
Considering Volume II as a separate book from Volume I, which it is, it is far better than volume I, and that book was superb. This is mainly due to the fact that Volume II has the Holy Grail, Guenevere and Lancelot鈥檚 affair and the jaw dropping emotional ending.
October 14, 2010
A few short words cannot express how much this book meant to me and how much the teacher who I had to read it for meant. This book holds the secrets of the universe, of our society, of our pursuit of lonliness and comradery at the same time. If you want to find the cyclic nature of our society check here, if you want to find your character flaws, check here. If you want to see the world in a whole new way, read...esp this one. Thank you Professor Lynch...RIP!
December 13, 2016
Introduction
Further Reading
Editor's Note
--Le Morte D'Arthur - Volume II
Notes to Volume II
Glossary of Proper Nouns
Glossary
Further Reading
Editor's Note
--Le Morte D'Arthur - Volume II
Notes to Volume II
Glossary of Proper Nouns
Glossary
June 8, 2024
This Penguin edition is based on the Caxton press version, which was quite altered from Malory鈥檚 original writing as shown in the Winchester Manuscript.
If you want accuracy, seek out a modern English translation from the Winchester source (such as the Oxford World Classics edition).
I鈥檇 mostly suggest actually reading a modern printing of the original Winchester in its own Middle English, as Malory鈥檚 English was close enough to modern and the only real challenge is getting used to the spelling. The version I have is Eugene Vinaver鈥檚 鈥榃orks of Malory鈥�, which is fine, but now it is considered that the best critical edition is the one edited by P.J.C. Field.
If, however, you just want a book (or two) that gives you the general digest of the Arthurian literature available in Malory鈥檚 time, and don鈥檛 care if there are a few changes and omissions, these Penguin editions aren鈥檛 bad and represent the best known version for several centuries. This is the version I read the first time and the thing with Arthurian literature is that it all tells different stories anyway.
This all said, while Malory鈥檚 work is considered the most important I don鈥檛 think it serves enough. I have not yet read the much vaster Vulgate and Post-Vulgate cycles on which Malory鈥檚 work is based, but an much more interested in a thorough study of those than another go through Malory.
From reading the commonly available translations of certain Vulgate entries - being the Prose Merlin, Lancelot, The Quest of the Holy Grail, and Mort Artu - all of these are more interesting than Malory鈥檚 rendering of these parts into his condensed whole, while also to me not interesting enough to want to read again so if someone really wants to get the fullest picture I鈥檇 think just go all in on the Vulgate if you can get the Noris J. Lacy editions through a library (or have a big pile of money to throw down on epic Arthuriana).
Though these are all books, it feels like Malory is the Hollywood adaptation that seems good until you get into what it鈥檚 based on.
Further, if the interest is more specifically the Grail content, this book is the least important of the medieval cycle. you have the condensed retelling of Galahad鈥檚 鈥楺ueste鈥� from the Vulgate, which is perfectly fine for basic illustration but the Penguin edition of that individual story is already infinitely better. you of course have the Fisher King, the Siege Perilous and all that good stuff, but again it鈥檚 all quite diminished. and more importantly: GALAHAD IS A FRAUD!!! we all know Percival is the true Grail Knight, while Wolfram鈥檚 鈥楶arzival鈥� is the defining story of the Grail, and then Robert de Boron had to make the Grail a different kind of 鈥淗oly鈥�, and his fanboys who wrote the Vulgate Cycle had to bend over for the Church (while picturing Launcelot, no doubt) and give us Galahad. and Malory does the hand-me-down while Percival is just a side-character and Lancelot鈥檚 choir-boy son takes his seat.
being more serious, if you seek the Grail read Chr茅tian for a start (the Penguin 鈥楢rthurian Romances鈥� is a good collection which also happens to be a perfect and quite light introduction to Arthur鈥檚 world anyway - his 鈥楾he Knight and the Lion鈥� is one of the best of all the stories), and maybe skip the continuations and go straight to Wolfram, who rewrote Chr茅tian鈥檚 Perceval into the most brilliant and profound of all these works. from there, the quite peculiar, decapitation-rich 鈥楶erlesvaus鈥� is quite fascinating. Then we also have the lesser known 鈥楧iu Cr么ne鈥�, which is very rarely spoken of and in which Gawain is the Grail Knight (and I鈥檒l take that over Galahad any day!)
back to Malory: He did a brilliant thing and I throw him no shade. He reduced a 5,000 page literary cycle into a digestible 1,000, giving us several books less of Lancelot (while still probably too much), and made a great story more accessible to the English speaking world as the medieval period closed.
I still recommend 鈥楲e Morte d鈥橝rthur鈥� to many more casual readers, but probably not the Caxton version.
The only thing Penguin really did right was dividing it into two books for a more comfortable read!
also, I forgot to mention: Galahad sucks.
If you want accuracy, seek out a modern English translation from the Winchester source (such as the Oxford World Classics edition).
I鈥檇 mostly suggest actually reading a modern printing of the original Winchester in its own Middle English, as Malory鈥檚 English was close enough to modern and the only real challenge is getting used to the spelling. The version I have is Eugene Vinaver鈥檚 鈥榃orks of Malory鈥�, which is fine, but now it is considered that the best critical edition is the one edited by P.J.C. Field.
If, however, you just want a book (or two) that gives you the general digest of the Arthurian literature available in Malory鈥檚 time, and don鈥檛 care if there are a few changes and omissions, these Penguin editions aren鈥檛 bad and represent the best known version for several centuries. This is the version I read the first time and the thing with Arthurian literature is that it all tells different stories anyway.
This all said, while Malory鈥檚 work is considered the most important I don鈥檛 think it serves enough. I have not yet read the much vaster Vulgate and Post-Vulgate cycles on which Malory鈥檚 work is based, but an much more interested in a thorough study of those than another go through Malory.
From reading the commonly available translations of certain Vulgate entries - being the Prose Merlin, Lancelot, The Quest of the Holy Grail, and Mort Artu - all of these are more interesting than Malory鈥檚 rendering of these parts into his condensed whole, while also to me not interesting enough to want to read again so if someone really wants to get the fullest picture I鈥檇 think just go all in on the Vulgate if you can get the Noris J. Lacy editions through a library (or have a big pile of money to throw down on epic Arthuriana).
Though these are all books, it feels like Malory is the Hollywood adaptation that seems good until you get into what it鈥檚 based on.
Further, if the interest is more specifically the Grail content, this book is the least important of the medieval cycle. you have the condensed retelling of Galahad鈥檚 鈥楺ueste鈥� from the Vulgate, which is perfectly fine for basic illustration but the Penguin edition of that individual story is already infinitely better. you of course have the Fisher King, the Siege Perilous and all that good stuff, but again it鈥檚 all quite diminished. and more importantly: GALAHAD IS A FRAUD!!! we all know Percival is the true Grail Knight, while Wolfram鈥檚 鈥楶arzival鈥� is the defining story of the Grail, and then Robert de Boron had to make the Grail a different kind of 鈥淗oly鈥�, and his fanboys who wrote the Vulgate Cycle had to bend over for the Church (while picturing Launcelot, no doubt) and give us Galahad. and Malory does the hand-me-down while Percival is just a side-character and Lancelot鈥檚 choir-boy son takes his seat.
being more serious, if you seek the Grail read Chr茅tian for a start (the Penguin 鈥楢rthurian Romances鈥� is a good collection which also happens to be a perfect and quite light introduction to Arthur鈥檚 world anyway - his 鈥楾he Knight and the Lion鈥� is one of the best of all the stories), and maybe skip the continuations and go straight to Wolfram, who rewrote Chr茅tian鈥檚 Perceval into the most brilliant and profound of all these works. from there, the quite peculiar, decapitation-rich 鈥楶erlesvaus鈥� is quite fascinating. Then we also have the lesser known 鈥楧iu Cr么ne鈥�, which is very rarely spoken of and in which Gawain is the Grail Knight (and I鈥檒l take that over Galahad any day!)
back to Malory: He did a brilliant thing and I throw him no shade. He reduced a 5,000 page literary cycle into a digestible 1,000, giving us several books less of Lancelot (while still probably too much), and made a great story more accessible to the English speaking world as the medieval period closed.
I still recommend 鈥楲e Morte d鈥橝rthur鈥� to many more casual readers, but probably not the Caxton version.
The only thing Penguin really did right was dividing it into two books for a more comfortable read!
also, I forgot to mention: Galahad sucks.
May 4, 2024
螒谓维渭蔚喂魏蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪 渭慰蠀 未畏渭喂慰蠉蟻纬畏蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰. 螤伪蟻伪位委纬慰 谓伪 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻伪蟿萎蟽蠅 蟺蟻喂谓 蠁蟿维蟽蠅 蟽蟿伪 渭喂蟽维 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰蠀 蟿蠈渭慰蠀. 螤蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 慰蟿喂 胃伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 魏维蟿喂 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈, 渭喂伪 伪蠁萎纬畏蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 尾伪蟽喂位喂维 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰蠀, 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螠苇蟻位喂谓, 蟿慰谓 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿, 蟿慰 螘尉魏维位喂渭蟺蔚蟻, 魏维蟺蠅蟼 蟽伪谓 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 尉苇蟻慰蠀渭蔚 伪蟺慰 蟿喂蟼 蟿伪喂谓委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蟺喂慰 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓伪 尾喂尾位委伪. 螠喂伪 蔚蟺喂魏萎 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 伪蟼 蟺慰蠉渭蔚. 螖蔚谓 蟽魏苇蠁蟿畏魏伪 慰蟿喂 渭喂位维渭蔚 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟺慰蠀 纬蟻维蠁蟿畏魏蔚 蟿慰谓 15慰 伪喂蠋谓伪 魏伪喂 慰蟿喂 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟽蠀位位慰纬萎 蟿蠅谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 位苇纬慰谓蟿伪谓 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 螜蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼.
螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰 渭苇蟽伪. 螣 胃蟻蠀位喂魏蠈蟼 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 蟺慰位蠉 位委纬慰 蔚渭蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀.
螒蟽蠂慰位慰蠉渭伪蟽蟿蔚 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螤慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蟺苇蠁蟿慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 尉伪谓伪蟺苇蠁蟿慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 尉伪谓维 魏伪喂 尉伪谓维.
螝伪喂 蟺慰蠀 伪谓 蠁慰蟻维纬伪谓蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 未喂伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏蠈, 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟿伪渭蟺蔚位维魏喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 胃伪 蔚委蠂蔚 蟿喂蟼 渭喂蟽苇蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼. 螕喂伪蟿委 苇蟿蟽喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏蠀魏位慰蠁慰蟻慰蠉蟽伪谓, 蠈蟿伪谓 未蠀慰 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿喂蠈谓蟿慰蠀蟽伪谓 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪.
I蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螤慰喂慰蟼 蔚委蟽伪喂; 螤蔚蟼 渭慰蠀 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟽慰蠀.
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螔: 螖螘 危韦螣 螞螘惟!
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螘 蟿蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂萎蟽慰蠀渭蔚!
螝伪喂 尉蔚魏喂谓慰蠉蟽蔚 畏 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂委伪 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蠉 苇蟺蔚蠁蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬伪 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓苇蠂喂味伪谓 谓伪 蟺伪位蔚蠉慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蟿伪 蟽蟺伪胃喂维 纬喂伪 2,3 萎 10 蠋蟻蔚蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪 尾伪蠁蠈蟿伪谓 魏蠈魏魏喂谓慰, 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠀蟺蟿蠈蟿伪谓 慰喂 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟿蔚 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 维位位慰 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪.
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螘蟽蠀 蔚委蟽伪喂 蟿蠈蟽畏 蟿蠈蟽畏 蠋蟻伪 伪未蔚蟻蠁苇/ 尉伪未蔚蟻蠁蔚/ 魏慰位位畏蟿苇/ 蟽蠉谓蟿蔚魏谓蔚/ 渭蟺伪蟿味伪谓维魏畏 渭慰蠀; 螣蠆渭苇, 伪谓 蟿慰 萎尉蔚蟻伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪 尾萎渭伪 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰.
危蟿畏谓 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏 蠁喂位喂慰蠉谓蟿伪谓 伪纬魏伪位喂维味慰谓蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺萎纬伪喂谓伪谓 纬喂伪 渭维蟽蔚蟼. 危蟿畏 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 苇魏伪谓伪谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰 苇谓伪 尾萎渭伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰.
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 慰蟿喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蠈蟿伪谓 维蟻蠂喂蟽伪 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维味蠅 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 谓蠈渭喂味伪 慰蟿喂 胃伪 苇蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂, 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 苇纬喂谓伪谓 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪.
螣 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 蟿蠈渭慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 苇谓伪 渭蔚纬伪位慰 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 螒谓伪味萎蟿畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螁纬喂慰蠀 螖喂蟽魏慰蟺蠈蟿畏蟻慰蠀, 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰. 螣蟻维渭伪蟿伪, 蠁蠅谓苇蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蠀蟺蔚蟻蟺苇蟻伪谓, 胃伪蠉渭伪蟿伪, 未伪委渭慰谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蔚 蟺伪谓苇渭慰蟻蠁蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃慰蠉谓 谓伪 尾维位慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺伪蟻胃苇谓慰蠀蟼 魏喂 维蟽蟺喂位慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼, 慰位伪 伪蠀蟿伪 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬慰蠉谓 渭喂伪 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 渭慰蠀 伪蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉.
韦蔚位喂魏维 蠂伪委蟻慰渭伪喂 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维蟿畏蟽伪 魏伪喂 伪魏慰位慰蠉胃畏蟽伪 蟿慰谓 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿, 蟿畏谓 螕魏慰蠀苇谓蔚尾畏蟻, 蟿慰谓 韦蟻委蟽蟿蟻伪渭 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 螜味蠈位未畏 魏伪喂 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 喂锟斤拷蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螤慰位位苇蟼 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 萎蟿伪谓 位委纬慰 伪蟽蟿蔚委蔚蟼 伪位位维 蔚委蠂蔚 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺位维魏伪 蟿慰蠀.
螘蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 螒蟻胃慰蠉蟻慰 渭苇蟽伪. 螣 胃蟻蠀位喂魏蠈蟼 尾伪蟽喂位喂维蟼 蟺慰位蠉 位委纬慰 蔚渭蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蠁苇蟻蔚喂 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀.
螒蟽蠂慰位慰蠉渭伪蟽蟿蔚 魏蠀蟻委蠅蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螤慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蟺苇蠁蟿慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 尉伪谓伪蟺苇蠁蟿慰蠀谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 尉伪谓维 魏伪喂 尉伪谓维.
螝伪喂 蟺慰蠀 伪谓 蠁慰蟻维纬伪谓蔚 魏维蟺慰喂慰 未喂伪魏蟻喂蟿喂魏蠈, 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟿伪渭蟺蔚位维魏喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 胃伪 蔚委蠂蔚 蟿喂蟼 渭喂蟽苇蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼. 螕喂伪蟿委 苇蟿蟽喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏蠀魏位慰蠁慰蟻慰蠉蟽伪谓, 蠈蟿伪谓 未蠀慰 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿喂蠈谓蟿慰蠀蟽伪谓 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪.
I蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螤慰喂慰蟼 蔚委蟽伪喂; 螤蔚蟼 渭慰蠀 蟿慰 蠈谓慰渭维 蟽慰蠀.
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螔: 螖螘 危韦螣 螞螘惟!
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螘 蟿蠈蟿蔚 胃伪 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂萎蟽慰蠀渭蔚!
螝伪喂 尉蔚魏喂谓慰蠉蟽蔚 畏 渭慰谓慰渭伪蠂委伪 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蠉 苇蟺蔚蠁蟿伪谓 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 维位慰纬伪 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓苇蠂喂味伪谓 谓伪 蟺伪位蔚蠉慰蠀谓 渭蔚 蟿伪 蟽蟺伪胃喂维 纬喂伪 2,3 萎 10 蠋蟻蔚蟼 魏伪喂 伪蠁慰蠉 蟿慰 蠂蠋渭伪 尾伪蠁蠈蟿伪谓 魏蠈魏魏喂谓慰, 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠀蟺蟿蠈蟿伪谓 慰喂 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蟿畏蟿苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蠈蟿蔚 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 维位位慰 蟺蟻蠈尾位畏渭伪.
螜蟺蟺蠈蟿畏蟼 螒: 螘蟽蠀 蔚委蟽伪喂 蟿蠈蟽畏 蟿蠈蟽畏 蠋蟻伪 伪未蔚蟻蠁苇/ 尉伪未蔚蟻蠁蔚/ 魏慰位位畏蟿苇/ 蟽蠉谓蟿蔚魏谓蔚/ 渭蟺伪蟿味伪谓维魏畏 渭慰蠀; 螣蠆渭苇, 伪谓 蟿慰 萎尉蔚蟻伪 未蔚谓 胃伪 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蠁蟿维蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪 尾萎渭伪 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰.
危蟿畏谓 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟺蔚蟻委蟺蟿蠅蟽畏 蠁喂位喂慰蠉谓蟿伪谓 伪纬魏伪位喂维味慰谓蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺萎纬伪喂谓伪谓 纬喂伪 渭维蟽蔚蟼. 危蟿畏 蠂蔚喂蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 苇魏伪谓伪谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰 苇谓伪 尾萎渭伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 蟿维蠁慰.
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 慰蟿喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟿畏谓 纬慰畏蟿蔚委伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蠈蟿伪谓 维蟻蠂喂蟽伪 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维味蠅 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 谓蠈渭喂味伪 慰蟿喂 胃伪 苇蟺蟻蔚蟺蔚 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂, 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 苇纬喂谓伪谓 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪.
螣 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻慰蟼 蟿蠈渭慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 苇谓伪 渭蔚纬伪位慰 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 螒谓伪味萎蟿畏蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 螁纬喂慰蠀 螖喂蟽魏慰蟺蠈蟿畏蟻慰蠀, 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰. 螣蟻维渭伪蟿伪, 蠁蠅谓苇蟼 伪蟺慰 蟿慰 蠀蟺蔚蟻蟺苇蟻伪谓, 胃伪蠉渭伪蟿伪, 未伪委渭慰谓蔚蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪渭慰蟻蠁蠅渭苇谓慰喂 蟽蔚 蟺伪谓苇渭慰蟻蠁蔚蟼 纬蠀谓伪委魏蔚蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃慰蠉谓 谓伪 尾维位慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 蟺蔚喂蟻伪蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺伪蟻胃苇谓慰蠀蟼 魏喂 维蟽蟺喂位慰蠀蟼 喂蟺蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼, 慰位伪 伪蠀蟿伪 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬慰蠉谓 渭喂伪 渭蠀蟽蟿喂魏喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟺慰蠀 渭慰蠀 伪蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉.
韦蔚位喂魏维 蠂伪委蟻慰渭伪喂 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维蟿畏蟽伪 魏伪喂 伪魏慰位慰蠉胃畏蟽伪 蟿慰谓 螞维谓蟽蔚位慰蟿, 蟿畏谓 螕魏慰蠀苇谓蔚尾畏蟻, 蟿慰谓 韦蟻委蟽蟿蟻伪渭 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 螜味蠈位未畏 魏伪喂 蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 喂锟斤拷蟺蠈蟿蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 危蟿蟻慰纬纬蠀位萎蟼 韦蟻伪蟺苇味畏蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂苇蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼. 螤慰位位苇蟼 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 慰喂 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 萎蟿伪谓 位委纬慰 伪蟽蟿蔚委蔚蟼 伪位位维 蔚委蠂蔚 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺位维魏伪 蟿慰蠀.
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