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    Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale
    Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale
    Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale
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    Gawayne and the Green Knight A Fairy Tale

    By Charlton Miner Lewis

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateSep 1, 2007
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      I read this late 14th-century Middle English chivalric romance back in college for my British Literature class, an Arthurian legend all about honor, honesty, bravery, and beheadings.

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