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The Once and Future King | T. H. White

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lil1inblue Oooh! I love this one! 😍 10h

dabbe @lil1inblue TY! 💚💚💚 10h

wanderinglynn Fantastic! ❤️ 50m

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The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard Pyle

Random book from our home library:

📖 The Story of the Champions of the Round Table Written and Illustrated by Howard Pyle

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve read many of the Arthur stories, but not Pyle‘s. It looks a bit daunting and yet, strangely compelling at the same time. 😊 2d

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Born.A.Reader

The Crystal Cave: Book One of the Arthurian Saga | Mary Stewart

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Eggs Perfect 👌🏼 5d

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dabbe

The Once and Future King | T. H. White

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A fave movie (EXCALIBUR) and novel.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Excellent 👌🏻 2w

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks TY. 💚 2w

JessClark78 Love this movie. 🗡🖤 2w

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rwmg A favourite film but so embarrassing the first time I saw it. I was sobbing all the way home on the tube. 2w

Ruthiella I loved this movie too. And it has SO MANY actors that would go on to be mega-famous. 2w

dabbe @JessClark78 IKR? 💚🗡️💚 2w

dabbe @rwmg I can still hear the music rising (and the vegetation coming to life again) when Arthur and his men go to fight Mordred in the last battle in the movie. 😭 2w

dabbe @Ruthiella 🎯💚🎯 2w

Eggs Well played 🗡️ 🩵👏🏻 2w

dabbe @Eggs TY. 💚🗡️💚 1w

TheLudicReader I love this movie. 1w

dabbe @TheLudicReader 🎯🎯🎯! 1w

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JazzFeathers

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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I loved it! I loved the story and it was so frustrating to leave it as it was just beginning. All the characters were so intriguing.

I loved Christopher's commentary, though it was in places a bit too granular for my understanding.

I lived the chapters about the Silmarillion. It wasn't what l was expecting, because l noticed other, different relationships with Tolkien's work. I wanted more! ⬇️

JazzFeathers But maybe what l loved the most were Tolkien's own words about the alliterative text and the storie expressed in that metric. We know and love Tolkien for his imaginative stories, and we often forget he was a very passionate scholar too. I'm always impressed by the depth, and the passion of his scholarly work, few as we have the chance to read. I wish l had the education to understand more of his scholarly work. 2w

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Daisey I very much agree with your review as well. I‘ve come to appreciate this style of poetry so much through reading his work and find that description incredibly interesting. 2w

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Daisey

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

The section about the unwritten poem and notes were interesting and similar to what I expected. However, I was hoping for more in the connections to The Silmarillion. I think I was looking more for character comparison rather than about sailing into the west. I‘ll be curious to hear what everyone else thinks.

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BarbaraJean Like you, I was hoping for more connections. Character connections would have been so interesting! It felt like Christopher Tolkien was trying to keep his own ideas/interpretations out of it, but I actually would have liked more of his own analysis here--the topic felt a little thin on material. 1mo

JazzFeathers @BarbaraJean @Daisey l actually quite enjoyed it. I remember when we read The Lost Road that Christopher told of that grand idea about connecting different legends from the past, which Tolkien would have probably written (at least in part) had he not written The Lord of the Rings. I didn't imagine some parts actually exist. ⬇️ 1mo

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JazzFeathers I too was expecting more comparison to the character from the Silmarillion becausecl saw some similarities myself, yet l found the connection between Avalon and Numenor (which l didn't expect) fascinating. 1mo

Daisey @BarbaraJean @JazzFeathers I don‘t expect a lot of interpretation from Christopher, as I feel for the most part he always tried to avoid too much of that. I found the connections made between Avalon and Numenor interesting, but just wanted more. It‘s a common thing for me when I read this incomplete works. 1mo

BarbaraJean @Daisey I understand why he would try to avoid interpretation, it's just that for this topic I think that's what I wanted 😆 Honestly with these essays so far my main response is that I want more. I'd love to read this book as part of a class on Arthurian myths and legends, to dive deeper into all the sources Tolkien was drawing from. 1mo

Daisey @BarbaraJean I think as part of an Arthurian class would be a great way to read it. 1mo

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Daisey

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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This is the essay I‘m the most intrigued to read, but I also expect to be frustrated by wanting more. After reading several of Tolkien‘s incomplete works, I know kind of what to expect. This includes commentary about Tolkien‘s nearly indecipherable notes and just enough detail to make you want to know more when it‘s impossible.

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JazzFeathers 😂 I can't wait to read it too. I kept having Silmarillion vibes while reading the text 😜 2mo

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JazzFeathers

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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I really, really enjoyed this chapter. My teenage me would have loved it, when she was trying to learn everything there was to learn about the Arthurian legends 😁

Considering Tolkien interest in the theme of the fall, I'm not surprised he was fascinated with these legends.
I particularly liked the one about Sir Gawain's revenge. I wonder why Tolkien decided to erase it 🤔

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Cheryl_Russell I‘m so far behind. 😬😬 1mo

JazzFeathers @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I've been very far in all my Tolkien reads lately, but keep going and you'll make it. I'm not so far from catching up, now. You can do it too! 💪😁 1mo

Cheryl_Russell @JazzFeathers 🙌🏻 1mo

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Daisey

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

Happy Sunday! My goal this week is to read a canto daily, but I‘m not sure I‘ll manage it consistently. Whether or not I get to post during the week, I‘m happy to be back to some Sunday mornings with Tolkien. I don‘t consider myself much of a poetry fan, but I love this alliterative style of narrative poem. The language is beautiful.

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Daisey It‘s also been a while since I‘ve read any version of the Arthur legend, so I may need to look for something in audio form for some comparison. 2mo

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JazzFeathers You know? I was a fan of Arthurian legends before l was a Tolkien fan. When l was a teenager, l read both sours materials and many retellings. Yet, it's been a long time. It'll be fun to read something that gets these two passions of mine together 😊 2mo

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Daisey @JazzFeathers This should definitely be a great read for you then! I‘ll look forward to hearing your thoughts as we continue. 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @JazzFeathers Same! I‘m eager to read this! 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @Daisey yes please 2mo

Daisey @BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ve added you to the tag list for this book! Do you want to be on my master list for Tolkien reads as well to know when we‘re going to start a new book? 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @Daisey Yes, thank you! I‘m excited about reading more of his work now that I‘ve read about him! 2mo

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JazzFeathers

The Fall of Arthur | J.R.R. Tolkien

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Late as always, but l have started this book 😜

But so, this is an original Tolkien?
Is it not a translation, like Gawain and the Green Knight?

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Bookwomble It's a translation exercise he didn't complete 🙂 2mo

Daisey I think we‘ll be able to discuss this better with one of the included essays, but it seems to me from the foreword that retelling of the legend might be better description than translation of any particular version. 2mo

Bookwomble @JazzFeathers Apologies, I was thinking of the medieval “The Death of Arthur“, which Tolkien used as a partial source for his own poem, but it's not a translation. I should fact check myself before rather than after posting! 🙄 (edited) 2mo

JazzFeathers @Bookwomble Don't worry 😂 We're here to learn and discuss. I also keep calling this Mort d'Arthur and used to think it was another translation like Gawain. Such a pity Tolkien didn't finish this. But he was a very busy man, with so many interests. 2mo

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