The Once and Future King
~ Terence Hanbury White
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peeksr
~ 26-year-old man in Chapel Hill, NC
The Once and Future King
“I know I should probably have put Malory on instead, but I love the way White subtly changes and humanizes the characters without...”
The Radetzky March
“I'm a historian (well, training to be one), and a sucker for good writing, and this book works in both ways. Roth is a lovely...”
Perelandra
~ 30-year-old woman in Waterloo, NY
The Once and Future King
“A childhood favorite. I enjoy now how the stories mature and the material darkens as the book goes on. You are a child with...”
Stranger in a Strange Land
“A lot of Christians would not read this book, and if they did they would probably be disgusted. I'm not one of those Christians....”
marinam
~ 21-year-old woman in Bronxville, NY
The Once and Future King
“I am absolutely in love with the story of King Arthur, and I think that T. H. White does one of the best jobs of telling the King...”
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“An amazing love story. The language is so beautiful and I love the parts where he defines words. I wrote my senior thesis in high...”
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A few comments on The Once and Future King (2)
Feb 2, 2011, 4:24 AM
DerekBill, a 22-year-old man in Clarksville
“My favorite scene comes from "The Ill-Made-Knight". Lancelot and Guinevere are sitting in a solar, reminiscing about their younger days. Arthur, much older than the already aged pair, comes in on them, unnoticed, and, realizing the effort they've put into keeping this secret, and loving them BOTH too much to reveal he knows, he goes back out again to find a page to announce him. This level of kindness and love from an absolute monarch is, for me, a defining moment of Arthur's character, and the major reason why White's Arthur maintains his position for me as a bastion of what it means to be a good leader for me.
Incidentally, have you read the "Book of Merlyn"? It was originally supposed to be the final part of this book, but White couldn't get it published with the rest due to wartime paper shortages. I actually read that one first, before this.”
Nov 24, 2010, 1:22 AM
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illusiveman, a 27-year-old man in Conway
“I love The Sword and the Stone section of this book. I need to read the whole thing.”