by Thomas Malory · Cideb Editrice · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788877547972
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«Le Morte d'Arthur» is a graded reader of Thomas Malory's Arthurian legends, published by Cideb Editrice in paperback (144 pages, in English).
The work narrates Arthur's rise to the throne, the deeds of the Knights of the Round Table, the tragic love of Lancelot and Guinevere, and the end of the brotherhood. The edition includes exercises for the four skills, FCE-type activities, brief monographs on medieval literature and Arthurian sites, and the complete recording of the story on the CD.
The book belongs to the Reading & Training series, Step 4 level, corresponding to B2.1 of the CEFR.
Aimed at students of English who want to combine reading a classic with FCE preparation, especially young adults.
Sir Thomas Malory was an English writer, the author of Le Morte d'Arthur, the classic English-language chronicle of the Arthurian legend, compiled and in most cases translated from French sources. The most popular version of Le Morte d'Arthur was published by the famed London printer William Caxton in 1485. Much of Malory's life history is obscure, but he identified himself as a "knight prisoner", apparently reflecting that he was either a criminal, a prisoner-of-war, or suffering some other type of confinement. Malory's identity has never been confirmed. Since modern scholars began researching his identity the most widely accepted candidate has been Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire, who was imprisoned at various times for criminal acts and possibly also for political reasons during the Wars of the Roses. Recent work by Cecelia Lampp Linton, however, presents new evidence in support of Thomas Malory of Hutton Conyers, Yorkshire.
