Chivalric romance · late 14th century (this translation 1912)

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A verse rendering

by Gawain Poet

Translated by Jessie L. Weston (1912)

A green-skinned knight rides into Arthur's Christmas feast with an impossible challenge; Sir Gawain's answer sends him on a year-long quest that tests his courage, his courtesy, and his honesty alike. Here the poem is rendered in rhymed, bobbed-and-wheeled stanzas.

Contents · 4 parts

• Book Iabout 490 lines
• Book IIabout 640 lines
• Book IIIabout 870 lines
• Book IVabout 530 lines

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