The Once and Future King (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Once and Future King 4 hours ago.

• A novel about the court of King Arthur, which was the basis for the movie "Camelot".

Philip M edited the description of The Once and Future King 11 days ago.

• A novel aboutWhite's retelling of Arthurian legends. The first three sections of this book were originally published separately: The Sword in the Stone (1939), The Witch in the Wood (1939; here called "The Queen of Air and Darkness"), The Ill-Made Knight (1940), and the previously unpublished section, "The Candle in the courtWind." The Book of King Arthur, whichMerlyn, written in 1941, was originally intended as the basis forfifth and final book of the movie "Camelot".saga.

Timothy Gray approved ScarTissue’s request to change the title of The Once and Future King Sunday, November 1 2009.

ScarTissue edited the series of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• Removed this book in the series: The Book of Merlyn book 5 (Primary series)

ScarTissue edited the first sentence of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• ONOn Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays it was Court Hand and Summulae Logicales, while the rest of the week it was the Organon, Repetition and Astrology.

ScarTissue edited the quotations of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “He had a contradictory nature which was far from holy. . . . For one thing, he liked to hurt people.”Narrator
• Edited a quotation: “It was in the nature of Arthur’s bold mind to hope, in these circumstances, that he would not find Lancelot and Guenever together. . . . He was hoping to weather the trouble by refusing to become conscious of it.”Narrator
• Added a quotation: “Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.”
• Added a quotation: “For love can exist with hatred, each preying on the other, and that is what gives it its greatest fury.”

ScarTissue edited the quotations of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• Edited a quotation: “It is why Sir Thomas Malory called his very long book the Death of Arthur. . . . It is the tragedy … of sin coming home to roost. . . . <W>eWe have to take note of the parentage of Arthur’s son Mordred, and to remember … that the king had slept with his own sister. He did not know he was doing so … but it seems, in tragedy, that innocence is not enough.”
• Edited a quotation: “<H>eHe had a contradictory nature which was far from holy. . . . For one thing, he liked to hurt people.”Narrator
• Edited a quotation: “It was in the nature of <Arthur’s>Arthur’s bold mind to hope, in these circumstances, that he would not find <LancelotLancelot and Guenever>Guenever together. . . . <H>eHe was hoping to weather the trouble by refusing to become conscious of it.”Narrator
• Added a quotation: “The best thing for being sad is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then--to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting.”Merlyn

ScarTissue edited the characters of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• Edited a character: King ArturArthur Pendragon: The protagonist of the novel. Arthur is known as the Wart in the first book and as King Arthur once he is crowned. He is a conscientious, slightly timid young boy who becomes king of England after being tutored by Merlyn. Arthur believes in justice and in doing what is right, but his faith in good sometimes makes him blind to the intrigue around him.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of King ArturArthur Pendragon: The protagonist of the novel. Arthur is known as Wart.
• marked the description of King ArturArthur Pendragon as a spoiler
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Lancelot: A very promising knight.
• marked the description of Lancelot as a spoiler
• Edited the description of Merlyn: Arthur’sArthur's tutor and first best knight and the commander of his forces. Lancelot has a love affair with Guenever, Arthur’s queen. Lancelotfriend, Merlyn is a deeply conflicted figure. Although he is considered to be the greatest knight in Arthur’s court, he struggles constantly with feelingswizard and teaches Arthur most of guilt and inadequacy. He is doggedly faithful to those who love him, even if they do not always havehis best interests at heart.life.
• Edited the description of Elaine: A girl Lancelot is tricked into sleeping with, and the mother of Galahad. Although still very young, Elaine is crafty and determined enough to do all she can to win Lancelot’s love. Except for the two times she persuades Lancelot to stay with her, Elaine is an unhappy woman, well aware thatthat she can never have his heart for it belongs to the Queen.
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Elaine: The daughter of King Pelles, she has been boiled for many winters by magic, and can only be saved by the greatest knight in the world.
• marked the description of Elaine as a spoiler
• Edited the spoiler-free description of Galahad: Galahad is morally perfect and invincible and often seems more like an angel than a human.
• marked the description of Galahad as a spoiler

ScarTissue changed the title of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

Timothy Gray approved ScarTissue’s request to change the contributors of The Once and Future King Tuesday, October 27 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Elisabeth Brewer: (Primary None)