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Finished the most famous tale, The Knight of the Cart. Not sure what I was expecting, I thought there would be more “love triangle” aspects to the story, but it just seems to be Lancelot doing bad*ss things and he just so happens to be in love with Guinevere. This one feels less rich in imagery than the other tales, so I’m not quite sure what I was supposed to take away from this story.

finished erec and enide, onto cliges!

Lancelot can't stop getting himself imprisoned in towers with revolving doors, this is hilarious

"They lead him back prisoner, his feet lashed together beneath his horse." OMG a tiny horsie

"atone for the vile reproaches thou didst address to me with thy silly mouth" так його

my obsession with Lancelot should be studied by a team of professionals because I can't find ANYTHING reasonable about it

idk guys, something about arthurian lit is so winter-coded to me

No. of highlights so far: 35

дуже незвично бачити Артура та Морґану, які є добрими друзями! цікаво буде побачити, як це зміниться з часом %))

funniest book of all time i fear

Finished Cligés! Not quite sure how I feel about it, the sequence where Fenice fakes her death was pretty fun, but I feel like I’m missing the point/commentary of the story. Apparently it’s a critic of Tristan legend; tales of “forbidden love”, which I’ve never read. I understood it as adultery only matters when a marriage is based on real love. If love is absent, the spouse was never ‘truly yours’