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The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights

byJohn Steinbeck, Nezar Alderazi (Read by)

Penguin Modern Classics

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Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English.

© John Steinbeck 1976 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

About John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck (1902-68) is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the 1930s, his works included The Red Pony, Pastures of Heaven, Tortilla Flat, In Dubious Battle, and Of Mice and Men. The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, earned him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • ISBN: 9780241509913
  • Length: 678 minutes
  • Price: £13.00
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