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 | An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death. Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte DArthur is Sir Thomas Malorys unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordreds treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelots fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style. The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advance... |
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 | The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.The stories of King Arthur, Lanc... |
Publisher's Description:
| An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death. Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte DArthur is Sir Thomas Malorys unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordreds treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelots fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style. The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advance... |
The School for Scandal and Other Plays
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| His Comic Muse does not go about prying into obscure corners, or collecting idle curiosities, but shows her laughing face, and points to her rich treasure?the follies of mankindThus wrote William Hazlitt of Sheridan, whom he thought shone like Hesperus among the comic writers of the eighteenth century. As a playwright Sheridan had a brief but brilliant career, and between the ages of twenty-four and twenty-eight he wrote two of the funniest plays in our literature, The Rivals and The School for Scandal, and a wonderful farce, The Critic. Ingenious plots, agile and eloquent wit, and an unerrin... |
Girls to the Rescue (free sample story) The Royal Joust
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 | On the last day of the Royal Joust, Reggie is in too much pain to get out of bed. He asks his sister Lindsey to tell the judges he has to drop out of the tournament. Lindsey borrows Reggie's horse. Unbeknownst to Reggie, she also borrows his armor. She's Reggie's training partner; if nobody finds out she's not he, maybe "Reggie" won't have to drop out of the tournament...
In most fairy tales, a helpless young lady waits around for a prince to rescue her. But the spunky girls in the entertaining Girls to the Rescue series are much too busy saving the day to wait for ... |
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 | When Wiglaf learns that he has won A Day With Sir Lancelot (The Worlds Most Perfect Knight), he can hardly believe it. His friend Erica cant believe it, either! And when the big day arrives, she is even more doubtful. Is Erica just jealous, or is there something fishy about The Worlds Most Perfect Knight? |
Worlds Oldest Living Dragon #16
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 | Sir Mort engineers a class trip to a home for a??oldea?? knights. But when the lads and lasses arrive, they discover that Sir Lancelot has decided hea??s had enough of hacking and whacking and is ready for retirement himself. Find out how Erica (his most fervent admirer), Wiglaf, and the rest of the gang get Lancelot back in action, battling the feared Grizzlegore, the worlda??s oldest living dragon. |
Sir Fartsalot Hunts the Booger
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 | Things really stink in the Kingdom of Armpit. King Reginald the Not Very Realistic has had it up to here with his practical joker of a son Prince Harry. Even Sir Bedwetter cana??t take the princea??s Royal Clowning Around! Enter Sir Fartsalota??the bravest, boldest, er, most potent knight in all the land! Hea??s on a quest to solve the riddle of the Foul West Winda??a ghastly odor that turns up whenever danger is lurking. Prince Harry decides to play the biggest, boogeriest prank of all time! He convinces Sir Fartsalot that The Booger, a frightful and repulsive villain, is on th... |
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
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 | The thrilling and timeless legend, masterfully illustrated. The story of the incomparable Arthur, the lovely Guinevere, the wicked Morgana le Fey, and the magical Merlin has enthralled and delighted readers for centuries. |
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 | The novel opens as a theatre programme, with this telling credit: 'Illumination by HERCULE POIROT.' Light must be shed, indeed, on the fateful dinner party staged by the famous actor Sir Charles Cartwright for thirteen guests. It will be a particularly unlucky evening for the mild-mannered Reverend Stephen Babbington, whose martini glass, sent for chemical analysis after he chokes on its contents and dies, reveals no trace of poison. Just as there is no apparent motive for his murder. The first scene in a succession of carefully staged killings, but who is the director? The New Yo... |
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