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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By: J. R. R. Tolkien
Narrated by: Terry Jones
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A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour.©1975 J.R.R. Tolkien Copyright Trust; (p)1997 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London, UK Classics Literary History & Criticism Poetry Science Fiction

Critic Reviews

"The introduction to Gawain is a little masterpiece." ( Times Higher Educational Supplement)
"This magnificent Arthurian tale of love, sex, honour, social tact, personal integrity and folk-magic is one of the greatest and most approachable narrative poems in the language. Tolkien's version makes it come triumphantly alive, a moving and consoling elegy." ( Birmingham Post)
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i loved this book. i loved seeing how the English wrote stories with such great poetry and biblical principles and doctrine so good

great poetry

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the performance is absolutely brilliant as are the stories and poetry. I can not recommend it enough.

absolutely brilliant

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These stories/poems translated by J.R.R Tolkien and read by Terry Jones is incredible to listen too. They feel as though they are taken straight from the silmarilion

Great stories, extremely well translated

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