Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2011-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 81 Adam, E. (Erich) Adam, Erich Torrent of Portyngale Reading ease score: 92.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Louise Hope, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Torrent of Portyngale" by E. Adam is a historical romance re-edited from a unique manuscript in the 15th century. The story revolves around the knight Torrent, who embarks on a quest filled with various challenges and battles to gain the love of the fair Desonelle, the daughter of King Calamond. The narrative is set against a backdrop of medieval chivalry, showcasing themes of valor, treachery, and romantic love as Torrent faces a series of formidable giants and other adversaries. The opening of the romance introduces the context for Torrent's adventures, beginning with background on the manuscript itself and its philological significance. It establishes that the story originates from a time when medieval romance poetry was beginning to decline, and the structure involves a tail-rhymed twelve-line stanza typical of the period. The early chapters outline Torrent’s initial accolades, detailing his battles against a slumbering giant and dragons, leading to his eventual pursuit of Desonelle against the machinations of envious figures. This sets the stage for a tale steeped in chivalric contests and romantic endeavors framed by divine intervention and moral considerations typical of medieval literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Knights and knighthood -- Poetry Romances, English PR Text Early English Text Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 562622 562615 2024-10-15T04:21:49.391273 2023-09-15T10:03:02.922660 text/html text/html 564105 2011-02-17T15:07:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 154975 2011-02-09T13:59:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 219486 2024-10-15T04:22:09.416170 application/epub+zip 229819 2024-10-15T04:21:53.600293 application/epub+zip 224525 2024-10-15T04:21:51.173270 application/epub+zip 528167 2024-10-15T04:22:17.299129 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476423 2024-10-15T04:22:07.258197 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442669 2022-09-16T07:26:29.903149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335757 2024-10-15T04:21:44.530339 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328525 2011-02-17T15:07:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 120054 2011-02-09T13:59:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 328527 2011-02-17T15:07:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120057 2011-02-17T15:07:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335624 2011-02-17T15:07:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120317 2011-02-17T15:07:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22707 2024-10-15T04:22:17.473158 application/rdf+xml 11235 2024-10-15T04:21:51.911253 image/jpeg 3200 2024-10-15T04:21:51.536261 image/jpeg 206867 2024-10-15T04:21:49.433276 application/octet-stream application/zip