The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights
Chivalry, the Holy Grail, and the Tragic Fall of CamelotBy Thomas Sir Malory, James Sir Knowles
Length5h 31m
About this audiobook
Drawing on the great Arthurian cycle, The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights gathers romance, chronicle, quest narrative, tragedy, and moral exemplum into a sweeping account of Camelot's rise and dissolution. Its episodes move from martial exploits and marvels to the Grail quest and the fatal pressures of loyalty, love, and political fracture. Familiar figures—Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Gawain, Merlin, and the knights of the Round Table—appear within a literary tradition where chivalric idealism is continually tested by human weakness. The volume's power lies especially in its juxtaposition of heroic adventure with an elegiac awareness of an ideal community's fragility. Sir Thomas Malory's foundational Arthurian prose, shaped from French and English romance materials in the late medieval period, supplies the collection's central imaginative world. Sir James Knowles's adaptation and editorial mediation renders that inheritance accessible to later readers while preserving its ceremonial gravity and narrative momentum. Together, these textual presences connect medieval chivalric romance with Victorian-era educational and literary revival, demonstrating how Arthurian legend has repeatedly been reshaped for new audiences. Recommended for students and general readers alike, this volume offers an unusually rich entry into the Arthurian tradition. It invites readers to compare quests, conflicts, and ideals across a broad narrative canvas, while considering how legend transforms history, ethics, and national memory. Its varied modes foster a rewarding dialogue between adventure, spirituality, courtly culture, and tragic consequence.
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GenreFantasy, Literary Classics
Length5 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Lancashire Folk-lore (Annotated)
9CHAPTER VIII
2CHAPTER I
10CHAPTER IX
3CHAPTER II
11CHAPTER X
4CHAPTER III
12CHAPTER XI
5CHAPTER IV
13CHAPTER XII
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6CHAPTER V
14CHAPTER XIII
7CHAPTER VI
15THE END
8CHAPTER VII
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