Item #2309406 The Loves of Pelleas and Etarre. Zona Gale.

The Loves of Pelleas and Etarre

New York: The Macmillan Compay, 1908. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #2309406

Fourth printing. No jacket. Spot on front board, ink name on front free endpaper.

v, 341 pp. Green boards with gilt title on spine and front board, top page ridge gilt. Author was first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1921), and worked for women's suffrage and other liberal social causes. "In order to fill the gaps left in the ranks of the Round Table after the quest for the Grail, Arthur begins to appoint a number of new knights. While the court is in Caerleon, a handsome and idealistic youth named Pelleas approaches the king and says: "Make me thy knight, because I know, Sir King, All that belongs to knighthood, and I love." The lad is particularly eager to enter the forthcoming tournament. Pelleas provides Arthur with excellent references and is made a knight."--Cliffnotes

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