John Steinbeck

Presents a modernized retelling of Malory's stories of the adventures of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, along with some of the author's letters about the work and his process in writing it.

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

Sarah Sammis

This text is a collection of Steinbeck's rendition of stories heroic, romantic and tragic from Malory's Morte D'Arthur which chronicle the life of Arthur, from his mysterious birth through battles and adventures to his establishment as king.

Ofelia

<< Nel cimitero presso la chiesa, nel punto più vicino all'altare maggiore, venne veduto un grande blocco di marmo e nel marmo affondava un'incudine entro la quale era conficcata una spada. In lettera d'oro stava scritto:
chiunque estragga questa spada dal marmo e dall'incudine sarà Re di tutta l'Inghilterra. >>

Gemma

Gabe Cortez

Alan

Cindy McKee

Daniel Lauzon

Ashley Hernandez

Sir Thomas Malory

Attempts to recreate for the modern reader a rhythm and tone that matches Malory's in these six tales from Morte d'Arthur

From the Winchester Manuscripts of Thomas Malory and Other Sources

Kate

The first book John Steinbeck read as a child was the Caxton "Morte d'Arthur," and he considered it one of the most challenging tasks of his career to modernize the stories of King Arthur. "These stories are alive even in those of us who have not read them. And, in our day, we are perhaps impatient with the words and the stately rhythms of Malory. I wanted to set the stories down in meaning as they were written, leaving out nothing and adding nothing." Also included are the letters John Steinbeck wrote to his literary agent, Elizabeth Otis, and to Chase Horton, the editor of this volume, about his work on "King Arthur,"

The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

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