Chivalry {Short Story}
by Neil Gaiman
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This was just completely delightful. Birdy and I listened to it yesterday afternoon, pretty much directly after I read Helen's review of it. Our version was narrated by Christina Pickles, and she did a fabulous job of it. I believe the one that Helen listened to was narrated by Glenda Jackson. The premise is that an older woman has found the Holy Grail in the local Oxfam shop and has taken it home, cleaned it up, and placed it on the mantle. It's not long before Sir Galahad comes calling to try to recover it, but alas, Mrs. Whitaker does not want to trade. It's a short story that is charming from beginning to end and had us laughing out loud.
Lovely tale about an elderly lady buying the Holy Grail at a sale.
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Wikked clever. Def recommend. Would make a great bedtime book when my daughter is a little bit older. 5 stars
Wikked clever. Def recommend. Would make a great bedtime book when my daughter is a little bit older. 5 stars
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Wikked clever. Def recommend. Would make a great bedtime book when my daughter is a little bit older. 5 stars
Wikked clever. Def recommend. Would make a great bedtime book when my daughter is a little bit older. 5 stars
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Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. show more The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award. He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Chivalry {Short Story}
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Mrs. Whitaker; Galaad (Galahad); Galahad (as Galaad)
- First words
- Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail; it was under a fur coat.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She paid her five pence for the novel, and put the lamp back where she had found it, in the back of the shop. After all, Mrs. Whitaker reflected, as she walked home, it wasn’t as if she had anywhere to put it.
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- English
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the short story. Do not combine with any adaptations.
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