Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Collins Classics)

<p>HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.</p> + <p><em></em>A green horse great and tall;<br />A steed full stiff to guide,<br />In broidered bridle all<br />He worthily bestrides<em></em></p> + <p>Dating from around 1400 and composed by an anonymous writer, <em></em>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<em></em> was first translated and published almost 200 years ago. Its epic nature has not been dimmed by time: the classic story of a knight on a green steed challenging Sir Gawain to a monumental wager, it is a strange tale full of decapitations, seduction and magic.</p>+ <p>Soon to be brought to the big screen,<em></em> Sir Gawain<em></em> is one of the earliest great stories of English literature.</p>