The Book of Romance edition by Various Various Literature Fiction eBooks
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It is to be supposed that children do not read Prefaces; these are Bluebeard's rooms, which they are not curious to unlock. A few words may therefore be said about the Romances contained in this book. In the editor's opinion, romances are only fairy tales grown up. The whole mass of the plot and incident of romance was invented by nobody knows who, nobody knows when, nobody knows where. Almost every people has the Cinderella story, with all sorts of variations a boy hero in place of a girl heroine, a beast in place of a fairy godmother, and so on. The Zuñis, an agricultural tribe of New Mexico, have a version in which the moral turns out to be against poor Cinderella, who comes to an ill end. The Red Indians have the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice, told in a very touching shape, but without the music. On the other hand, the negroes in the States have the Orpheus tale, adapted to plantation life, in a form which is certainly borrowed from Europeans. This version was sent to me some years ago, by Mr. Barnet Phillips, Brooklyn, New York, and I give it here for its curiosity. If the proper names, Jim Orpus and Dicey, had not been given, we might not feel absolutely certain that the story was borrowed. It is a good example of adaptation from the heroic age of Greece to the servile age of Africans. All the romances are written by Mrs. Lang, except the story of Grettir the Strong, done by Mr. H. S. C. Everard from the saga translated by Mr. William Morris.
The Drawing of the Sword
The Questing Beast
The Sword Excalibur
The Story of Sir Balin
How the Round Table began
The Passing of Merlin
How Morgan Le Fay tried to kill King Arthur
What Beaumains asked of the King
The Quest of the Holy Graal
The Fight for the Queen
The Fair Maid of Astolat
Lancelot and Guenevere
The End of it All
The Battle of Roncevalles
The Pursuit of Diarmid
Some Adventures of William Short Nose
Wayland the Smith
The Story of Robin Hood
The Story of Grettir the Strong
The Book of Romance edition by Various Various Literature Fiction eBooks
The title is using romance in an older and broader sense. The book is actually a 19th century collection of King Arthur stories aim at young boys.Anyone looking for a bodice ripper should probably look else where.
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I didnt care for the book at all. It just wasnt at all what I expected. I only read about 40 pages.
I am delighted with these stories from King Arthur and his knights. Good flavor of ancient lore, well told. This book is a classic must have.
not my kind of book
Love it
To all who enjoy English lit and stories of knights, this is an entertaining read.
The book give a nice memory of how things use to be and has some good ideas in the book and because it was free I loved it. It's great for ideas
Lovely and frightening, charming and scary, romantic and seductive, full of adventure, violence, desire , love, devotion, pride and honour, stories which form the basis for our culture...stories which every child should read, every adult remember...should be on every kindle, iPad, phone, computer, etc...required reading!
The title is using romance in an older and broader sense. The book is actually a 19th century collection of King Arthur stories aim at young boys.
Anyone looking for a bodice ripper should probably look else where.
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