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Le Morte D'Arthur
- Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
- Length: 37 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
To the modern eye, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table have many similarities to our own contemporary super-heroes. Equipped with magical powers, enchanted swords, super-strength, and countless villains to take on, they protect the weak and innocent and adhere to their own code of honor. Comparing Batman, Superman, and Captain America to Sir Launcelot, Sir Tristram, and Sir Galahad isn't a huge leap of the imagination.
Perhaps, for the 15th century reader, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were the equivalent of our modern day Justice League or Avengers. This audiobook gets to the heart of the narrative, telling the exciting legends of the supernatural, magic, dragons, beasts, battles, and chivalry contained in Sir Thomas Malory's epic in a contemporary and unaffected style. First published by William Caxton in 1485, this version is a faithfully unabridged narration of the complete Malory text (excluding the introduction). It includes the chapter numbers and descriptions used in the original manuscript.
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- Dan Stepnens
- 04-05-19
Interesting, though repetitive. And long.
As a someone who was very into Arthurian legend growing up, I was a little embarrassed that I had never read this - despite having a copy on my bookshelf for over 20 years! I was rather put off by my mother's review - that it was very simplistic and read like something for children. Having finally completed it, I see what she meant. it's very simplistic in its narrative structure, and it does rather drag.
I'm glad I got around to it, but I can see why the beginning and end are the most popular parts
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- Sam
- 04-05-21
Important but implistic and repetitive tales
Simple and repetitive language and stories. Rich with myth and legend, and seminal for western culture. Nevertheless a drag considering its length, and the rather heavy accent and nasal narrator doesn't help.
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- Gilolly
- 16-12-21
Great performance, boring middle
The start and end of this book are great and highly memorable. The middle is incredibly repetitive and dull, if you get bored skip to the last book- the death of Arthur. Happy reading!
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