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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

by Jessie L. Weston

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2I — Of the Making of Britain
  3. 3How Arthur Held High Feast at Camelot
  4. 4New Year’s Day
  5. 5Of the Noble Knights There Present
  6. 6The Coming of the Green Knight
  7. 7The Fashion of the Knight
  8. 8Of the Knight’s Steed
  9. 9The Arming of the Knight
  10. 10Of the Knight’s Challenge
  11. 11The Silence of the Knights
  12. 12How Sir Gawain Dared the Venture
  13. 13The Making of the Covenant
  14. 14The Giving of the Blow
  15. 15The Marvel of the Green Knight
  16. 16II
  17. 17The Waning of the Year
  18. 18Sir Gawain Bethinks Him of His Covenant
  19. 19The Arming of Sir Gawain
  20. 20Wherefore Sir Gawain Bare the Pentangle
  21. 21How Sir Gawain Went Forth
  22. 22Of Sir Gawain’s Journey
  23. 23How Sir Gawain Came to a Fair Castle on Christmas Eve
  24. 24How Sir Gawain Was Welcomed
  25. 25Sir Gawain Tells His Name
  26. 26The Lady of the Castle
  27. 27Of the Christmas Feast
  28. 28How the Feast Came to an End but Gawain Abode at the Castle
  29. 29Sir Gawain Makes a Covenant With His Host
  30. 30III — The First Day’s Hunting
  31. 31How the Lady of the Castle Came to Sir Gawain
  32. 32How the Lady Kissed Sir Gawain
  33. 33How the Covenant Was Kept
  34. 34Of the Second Day’s Hunting
  35. 35Of the Lady and Sir Gawain
  36. 36How the Lady Strove to Beguile Sir Gawain With Words of Love
  37. 37How the Boar Was Slain
  38. 38The Keeping of the Covenant
  39. 39Of the Third Day’s Hunting
  40. 40How the Lady Came for the Third Time to Sir Gawain
  41. 41The Lady Would Fain Have a Parting Gift From Gawain
  42. 42She Would Give Him Her Ring
  43. 43Or Her Girdle
  44. 44The Virtue of the Girdle
  45. 45How Sir Gawain Took the Girdle
  46. 46The Death of the Fox
  47. 47How Sir Gawain Kept Not All the Covenant
  48. 48How Sir Gawain Took Leave of His Host
  49. 49IV
  50. 50The Robing of Sir Gawain
  51. 51How Sir Gawain Went Forth From the Castle
  52. 52The Squire’s Warning
  53. 53Of the Knight of the Green Chapel
  54. 54Sir Gawain Is None Dismayed
  55. 55The Finding of the Chapel
  56. 56The Coming of the Green Knight
  57. 57How Sir Gawain Failed to Stand the Blow
  58. 58Of the Green Knight’s Reproaches
  59. 59How the Green Knight Dealt the Blow
  60. 60Of the Three Covenants
  61. 61The Shame of Sir Gawain
  62. 62How Sir Gawain Would Keep the Girdle
  63. 63How the Marvel Was Wrought
  64. 64How Sir Gawain Came Again to Camelot
  65. 65Sir Gawain Makes Confession of His Fault
  66. 66The Knights Wear the Lace in Honour of Gawain
  67. 67The End of the Tale

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