Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, Pear & Sir Orfeo

Tolkien, J.R.R. (translated); Tolkien, Christopher (edited)

ISBN 10: 0048210390 / ISBN 13: 9780048210395

Published by Unwin Paperbacks, London, UK, 1986

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Good condition. Moderate wear. Binding fairly tight, pages age toned.Ex-Library book with usual stamps and labels.Pictures available upon request. ND. Seller Inventory # 118763

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, Pear & Sir ...

Publisher: Unwin Paperbacks, London, UK

Publication Date: 1986

Binding: softcover

Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis:

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation.

About the Author:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. After serving in World War I, he embarked upon a distinguished academic career and was recognized as one of the finest philologists in the world. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College until his retirement in 1959. He is, however, beloved throughout the world as the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic works as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. He died on September 2, 1973, at the age of eighty-one.