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Retells the story of Gawain's quest for the Green Chapel and his puzzling encounters with Sir Bercilak and his lady.Tags
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The illustrations were gorgeous. Opulent. Very suitable to the depth and richness of the story. But if I'm going to read Gawain and the Green Knight, I would really rather read it in verse.
I loved this, though I was a little disappointed that some of the gorier parts weren't illustrated. This is pretty text-heavy for a picture book, and some of the themes are, shall we say, a little mature. Though some of the plot elements were clearly softened for this format. I'm not sure if this book is as age-appropriate is it appears, but not all picture books are for the young 'uns.
This was my first encounter with this story, and I really needed something like this to help me familiarize myself with the classic story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Because that pretty little King Arthur book that I purchased over ten years ago isn't going to read itself. I enjoyed the story, and the illustrations were beautifully rendered.
This was my first encounter with this story, and I really needed something like this to help me familiarize myself with the classic story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Because that pretty little King Arthur book that I purchased over ten years ago isn't going to read itself. I enjoyed the story, and the illustrations were beautifully rendered.
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Selina Hastings is a writer and journalist. She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and Oxford University. Selina's first job was at Hatchards bookshop but she went on to work for fourteen years on the Daily Telegraph and for eight years as literary editor of Harper's & Queen. Hastings has been a lecturer and visting scholar at a number of show more foundations and was Mellon Fellow during 2002-2003 at the Harry Ransom Research Center, University of Texas. From 2008-2009 Selina was Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen Mary's University, London and in 2009-2010 she was awarded the Dorot Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies. Selina is the author of four literary biographies: Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh (winner of the Marsh Biography Prize), Rosamond Lehmann and Somerset Maugham. She has also written a number of books for children. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, she reviews regularly and has been a judge of the Booker, Whitbread, British Academy, Ondaatje and Duff Cooper Prizes, and of the UK Biographers' Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- First words
- It was Christmas, and King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table were at Camelot.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Gawain left out nothing, and when he finished, Arthur praised him and decreed that every knight present should wear a green silken girdle as a badge of the highest honour and purity of heart.
- Disambiguation notice
- Juvenile audience version, don't combine with the original.
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