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Le Morte 
d' Arthur - Vol. 2 



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Le Morte d'Arthur - Vol. 2 


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By Sir Thomas Malory(c.l405-1471) 

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Le Morte d 'Arthur (spelled Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in 

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some modern editions, Middle French for la mort d'Arthur, "the death of 

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Arthur") is Sir Thomas Malory's compilation of some French and English 

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Arthurian romances. The book contains some of Malory's own original 

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material (the Gareth story) and retells the older stories in light of Malory's 

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own views and interpretations. First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le 

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Morte d'Arthur is perhaps the best-known work of English-language Arthurian 



literature today. Many modern Arthurian writers have used Malory as their 



source, including T. H. White for his popular The Once and Future King. 



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Cover image by N. C. Wyeth (1922). Copyright expired in US, Canada, EU, and all countries with author's 

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