THE SWORD IN THE STONE [AUDIO BOOK] [2008] [3 DISCS]

from GregoryHeath

This is one of the strangest books I've ever read. Here's a list of some of its qualities (in no particular order). This book is: bizarre; entertaining; erudite; surreal; inventive; free (of most accepted writing conventions); sloppy; funny; characterful; wilfully inconsistent; (randomly) indebte...

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A young boy named Wart, being fostered in the home of Sir Ector, finds himself being tutored by the wizard Merlyn in this classic treatment of the youth of King Arthur. Transformed into various different creatures during the course of his education - a fish, a hawk, an ant, a goose and a badge - ...

from nx74defiant

A cute fantasy of Arthur's childhood. I liked the descriptions of Wart's experiences transformed into a fish, snake, hawk, owl and badger. Sometimes the dialect spelling got annoying. The use of the word Indians seemed jarring, politically incorrect and out of place.

from scatterall

I loved this book as a child, and just started reading it to my 10 year old son, who is rapt.I don't think this is a "children's book" however, so much as it is a book that children with good vocabularies who already love history and nature may love. Grownups who are well-read in classic literatu...

from Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Marvelous, just as I remember it from high school. But still, not enough to get me to want to read the rest. I mean, I did actually read it as part of The Once and Future King this time, and I did read the first couple chapters of the second story therein. But, despite White's talent, I still fin...