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Book Report: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
« on: 2010-09-15, 20:25:51 »
this one took a lil while to get though it.

Sir Edward have you finished this one or CLIGES?

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Re: Book Report: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
« Reply #1 on: 2010-09-15, 21:10:22 »
Not yet. I got so sick of the pages and pages of lamenting in Cliges that I stopped reading. :) I think what I'm going to do is just skip this one and go on and read about Lancelot.
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Re: Book Report: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
« Reply #2 on: 2010-09-16, 14:27:43 »
it has some juicey spots in it. lots of jousting and fighting descriptions in it. but you also learn on how much of a tool Lance is hehehe.

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Re: Book Report: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
« Reply #3 on: 2010-09-16, 15:45:41 »
Gotta add this to the collection; I just got through Crouch's William the Marshal, talk about dry. lol

Which reminds me, I found T.H. White's personification of Lancelot to be apt; that is, he truly is the best knight but by God, he is also the unloveliest.  Had me cracking up!

Edited to add: thank you eBay; just won this, should be winging its way to my abode shortly.  Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Book Report: The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot)
« Reply #4 on: 2010-10-26, 15:56:19 »
Not yet. I got so sick of the pages and pages of lamenting in Cliges that I stopped reading.

God yes- what the hell was all that about??? I BARELY made it through it and I know I scanned a lot of it.  lol
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