num_pages: 232
description: It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. At the centre of the story of the challenge and its consequences is Arthur's brave favourite, Sir Gawain.
language: English, Middle (1100-1500)
title: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
titlecomplete: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
characters: Morgan le Fay, Sir Bertilak de Haute Desert, King Arthur, Sir Gawain, The Green Knight
genres: Fiction, Poetry, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Medieval, Mythology, Fantasy, Arthurian
ratings_count: 67713
places: Camelot
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
publisher: Oxford University Press