The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (Adaptation)
Content:
Tristan and Isolde
Illustrator:
Howard Pyle Complete Authored Works
Adaptor:
Howard Pyle Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1905 by Charles Scribner's Sons
Genre:
Adventure, Classic Literature, Fiction, Historic Tales and Legends
Series:
Howard Pyle's Arthurian Legends Members Only
Series Number: 2
Pages:
329
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Foreword
In a book which was written by me aforetime, and which was set forth in print, I therein told much of the history of King Arthur...
Now, it you took any joy in reading that book, I have great hope that which follows may be every whit as pleasing to you; for I shall hereinafter have to do with the adventures of certain other worthies with whom you may have already become acquainted through my book and otherwise; and likewise of the adventures of certain other worthies, of whom you have not yet been told by me.
More especially, I believe, you will find entertainment is what I shall have to tell you of the adventures of that great knight who was altogether the most noble of spirit, and the most beautiful, and the bravest of heart, of any knight who ever lived—excepting only his own son, Galahad, who was the crowning glory of his house and of his name and of the reign of King Arthur.
However, if Sir Launcelot of the Lake failed now and then in his behavior, who is there in the world shall say, "I never fell into error"? And if he more than once offended, who is there shall have hardihood to say, "I never committed offence"?
Yea, that which maketh Launcelot so singularly dear to all the world, is that he was not different from other men, but like other men, both in his virtues and his shortcomings; only that he was more strong and more brave and more untiring than those of us who are his brethren, both in our endeavors and in our failures.
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The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Reprinted in 1968 by Dover Publications
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The Champions of the Round Table
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