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Le Morte d'Arthur

American  
[luh mawrt dahr-ther] / lə ˈmɔrt ˈdɑr θər /
Or Le Morte Darthur

noun

  1. a compilation and translation of French Arthurian romances by Sir Thomas Malory, printed by Caxton in 1485.


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Some claim the title for Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur; others insist it is Robinson Crusoe, but there are also camps for Moll Flanders and Pamela.

From The Guardian Jun. 25, 2019

But it was not until the 15th and 16th Century that "Arthur Mania" reached its heights after William Caxton published Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2017

It was the poetry in Malory's prose that made Doran so determined to stage Le Morte d'Arthur – that, and the connections he saw between it and Shakespeare.

From The Guardian Jun. 6, 2010

Aubrey Beardsley's sharp, spikily articulate design for the frontispiece of Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur tells us.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was he the Sir Thomas Malory who had compiled and translated and written Le Morte d'Arthur?

From A Knyght Ther Was by Young, Robert F.

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