 | Works (Oxford Standard Authors) by Thomas Malory
Buy new: £10.15 / Used from: £3.00 The classic English version of the legend and the point of departure for most of us
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 | Sir Gawain and The Green Knight (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy new: £6.29 / Used from: £1.10 The great original English Arthurian poem, GGK still delights with tight narrative and stunning set-pieces
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 | De Troyes : Arthurian Romances (Everyman) by Chretien De Troyes
Buy used from: £2.99 Chretien invented the Arthurian romance and founded a literary tradition that gives us everything from Lord of the Rings to Bridget Jones
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 | The History of the Kings of Britain (Classics) by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Buy new: £7.23 / Used from: £2.25 Geoffrey's 'history' was the first full expression of the Arthurian legend
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 | Perceval: The Story of the Grail (Arthurian Studies) by Chretien de Troyes
Buy used from: £5.00 Chretien de Troyes's romance was the original grail legend. This edition contains the many continuations by other authors. Very long, perplexing and compelling.
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 | High History of the Holy Grail (Perlesvaus) by Sebastian Evans (Tr.)
Buy new: £9.23 / Used from: £3.95 Perlesvaus offers an entirely different version of the Grail story, set in an Arthurian world that is strangely different from the accepted version.
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 | Parzival (Penguin Classics) by Wolfram Eschenbach
Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £2.98 Wolfram based his version of the Grail on Chretien's Perceval but made it a spiritual journey with echoes of Islam and the odd joke. Extraordinary.
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 | The Quest of the Holy Grail (Penguin Classics)
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £0.01 The Galahad version of the Grail from the Vulgate cycle. This was Malory's source. Deeply Christian and allegorical.
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 | The Death of King Arthur (Penguin Classics) by James Cable
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01 The conclusion of the Vulgate cycle, again used by Malory. A classic story of love and betrayal.
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 | The Mabinogion (Penguin Classics) by none
Buy new: £5.49 / Used from: £0.01 The Mabinogion is a unique collection of ancient Welsh tales which includes five Arthurian stories, including the outstanding 'Culhwch and Olwen', the most ancient Arthurian prose tale.
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 | Ywain & Gawain: Sir Percyvell (Everyman Paperback Classics)
Buy used from: £1.34 Three very interesting English romances, including the only Percival story not to feature the grail.
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 | Three Arthurian Romances Med France: Poems from Medieval France (Everyman Library)
Buy used from: £1.68 Three enjoyable short French romances, including (as 'Caradoc'), the bits that are summarised in Bryant's translation of 'Percival'.
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 | Lancelot of the Lake (Oxford World's Classics)
Buy new: £10.79 / Used from: £1.33 The shorter version (but still very long!) of Lancelot. It's called 'non-cyclical' because it doesn't link to the Vulgate cycle.
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 | The Lancelot-grail Reader (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)
Buy new: £17.99 / Used from: £15.99 Looks like a very helpful condensed version of the immense Vulgate. You can buy the lot for £300 if you have the time to read it!
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 | Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales (Middle English Texts)
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| Five Middle English Arthurian Romances (Garland Library of Medieval Literature) by Valerie Krishna
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 | Merlin and the Grail: Joseph of Arimathea, Merlin, Perceval: The Trilogy of Arthurian Prose Romances attributed to Robert de Boron (Arthurian Studies) by Robert de Boron
Buy new: £14.99 / Used from: £30.05 Early Arthurian cycle
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| Romance of Perceval in Prose
Buy used from: £5.80 Another version of the Grail. The Didot Perceval is brief, well paced and atmospheric. Now sadly out of print.
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| Fergus of Galloway: Knight of King Arthur (Everyman's Library (Paper)) by D.D.R. Owen
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 | Dutch Romances: I. Roman van Walewein: Roman Van Walewein Vol 1 (Arthurian Archives)
Buy new: £55.00 / Used from: £12.00 Dutch Gawain romance
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| King Arthur's Death: Alliterative 'Morte Arthure' and Stanzaic 'Le Morte Arthur' (Penguin Classics)
Buy new: £10.99 Two English 'histories'
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 | Tristan (Penguin Classics) by Gottfried Strassburg
Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £0.01 The classic version of the Tristan story. Wagner based his opera on it.
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 | The Romance of Tristan: The Tale of Tristan's Madness (Classics) by Beroul
Buy new: £8.99 / Used from: £0.01 Beroul's earlier Tristan is a less romanticised version, very early medieval and folklorey.
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| The Crown: Tale of Sir Gawain and King Arthur's Court by Heinrich Von Dem Turlin
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 | The Lais of Marie de France: With Two Further Lais in the Original Old French (Penguin Classics) by Marie France
Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £3.98 Two of the lais, Launfal and Chevrefeuil, are Arthurian. Search for 'Yder' for my further list of really obscure romances.
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