The Sword in the Stone

1938 novel by T. H. White

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Published: 1938
Subject: good governance, social order, education, self-discovery, chivalry
Genre: fantasy, coming-of-age fiction
Form: novel
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Characters: Arthur, Merlyn, Kay, Sir Ector, Robin Wood, Marian, King Pellinore, Morgan Le Fay, Nurse, Governess, Sir Grummore Grummursum, Dog Boy
Set in: Forest Sauvage, The Castle of the Forest Sauvage, Castle Chariot, London
Part of: The Once and Future King
award received: Retro Hugo Award for Best Novel
epigraph: She is not any common earth <br>Water or wood or air, <br>But Merlin's Isle of Gramarye <br>Where you and I will fare.
first line: On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays it was Court Hand and Summulae Logicales, while the rest of the week it was the Organon, Repetition and Astrology.
followed by: The Queen of Air and Darkness
has edition or translation: The Sword in the Stone
instance of: literary work
last line: EXPLICIT LIBER PRIMUS
number of parts of this work: 24
quotes work: The Master of Game, On hunting, Sweet Genevieve, Puck of Pook's Hill, Under the Greenwood Tree, The War Song of Dinas Vawr, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
references work, tradition or theory: Antony and Cleopatra, Adeste Fideles, I syng of a mayden, Poetics, Home! Sweet Home!, The Old Rustic Bridge by the Mill, canon of Sherlock Holmes
set in period: Middle Ages
takes place in fictional universe: The Once and Future King universe
title: The Sword in the Stone, L'Épée dans la pierre

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The Sword in the Stone is a 1938 novel by British writer T. H. White. First published by Collins in the United Kingdom as a stand-alone work, it later became the first part of a tetralogy, The Once and Future King. A fantasy of the boyhood of King Arthur, it combines elements of legend, history, fantasy, and comedy. Walt Disney adapted the story to an animated film, and the BBC adapted it to radio. Time included the novel in its list of the 100 Best Young-Adult Books of All Time. In 2014, The Sword in the Stone was awarded a retrospective Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1939.

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