WIR: Le Morte d'Arthur
Posted in reading on June 29th, 2009 by andrew mackay – Be the first to comment
So, I’ve been keeping quite occupied with some freelance work of late. I’ve spent long hours in front of the computer doing essentially non-creative tasks (typesetting is 10 percent creativity, all up front, and 90 percent consistency and asking “How did I do this the first time?”). So, I finally concluded that I should use the time wisely.
I surfed on over to Librivox. If you haven’t been there before, go now. Librivox is a huge collection of audiobooks (all public domain) read by volunteers. For the most part, it’s incredibly well done. Every once in a while, you may hit a chapter or two where the reading is less than perfect, but otherwise, it’s good stuff. It’s free. Did I say that yet? Free.
Anyway, I got there and I searched for fantasy works because, well, that’s my preferred genre. One of the first results was volume one of Le Morte d’Arthur. I realized that I hadn’t ever read more than an excerpt here and there, so I thought, here goes!
I’m enjoying it. I’m not very far in (twenty or so very short chapters), but my word is there intrigue! It’s fun to start to pick up on some of the Arthurian legends that I’ve seen allusions to in my more modern reading. I’ll keep you posted on what I think as I get further up and further in. So far, my one complaint is that everyone is constantly “wroth” with each other. Just get angry. Or mad. Or frustrated. Any of it… just don’t be wroth this time.
Oh, there it is, they’re wroth again.
