This edition contains perhaps the earliest and most elemental version of the tragic legend of Tristan and Yseult in a distinguished prose translation. Alan S. Fredrick summarizes missing episodes and includes a translation of 'The Tale of Tristan's Madness.'
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Half of this makes no sense, and I can't even defend it by arguing that "standards for medieval narrative structure and storytelling were different," but I love it anyway. I mean, a baron who is killed halfway through the story is mysteriously mentioned as being alive at the end of the story. That's such a wild inconsistency, you just need to embrace it and keep reading.
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