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The Romance of Tristan and Iseult

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The Romance of Tristan & Iseult (1914)
by Joseph Bédier, translated by Hilaire Belloc

The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. The tragic story of the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan (Tristram) and the Irish princess Iseult (Isolde, Yseut, etc.), the narrative predates and most likely influenced the Arthurian romance of Lancelot and Guinevere, and has had a substantial impact on Western art and literature since it first appeared in the 12th century. While the details of the story differ from one author to another, the overall plot structure remains much the same.

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TRISTAN
&
ISEULT


H·BELLOC

The Romance of Tristan & Iseult

Drawn from the best French Sources and Re-told by J. Bédier Rendered into English by H. Belloc


New York
Dodd, Mead & Company
1914



"Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut," by M. Joseph
Bédier, was crowned by the French Academy

Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh

CONTENTS

PART THE FIRST
PAGE
The Childhood of Tristan 3
The Morholt out of Ireland 18
The Quest of the Lady with the Hair of Gold 27
The Philtre 46
The Tall Pine-tree 53
The Discovery 68
The Chantry Leap 77
PART THE SECOND
The Wood of Morois 91
Ogrin the Hermit 103
The Ford 111
The Ordeal by Iron 122
PART THE THIRD
The Little Fairy Bell 135
Iseult of the White Hands 141
The Madness of Tristan 154
The Death of Tristan 170


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