Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Pearl and Sir Orfeo
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Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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9780358652977, 0358652979
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Boston : Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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255 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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9780358652977, 0358652979

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Illustrations on endpages.
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"It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. Arthur's brave favorite for the challenge is Sir Gawain...Accompanying Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this volume are Sir Orfeo, a medieval version of the story of Orpheus and Euridice, a love so strong that it overcame death, and Pearl, the moving tale of a man in a graveyard mourning his baby daughter, lost like a pearl that slipped through his fingers. Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world. Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.R.R. Tolkien's vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals. Includes as a bonus the complete text of Tolkien's acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain." -- Adapted from back cover.
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Reprint. Originally published:,Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1., & Tolkien, C. (2021). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl and Sir Orfeo (First Mariner Books edition.). Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 and Christopher Tolkien. 2021. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl and Sir Orfeo. Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973 and Christopher Tolkien. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl and Sir Orfeo Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973, and Christopher Tolkien. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Pearl and Sir Orfeo First Mariner Books edition., Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.

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