Parsifal: A NovelIn this glittering, kaleidoscopic new novel Peter Vansittart recreated and projects in his own inimitable style the familiar story from Wagner’s opera in historical perspective. |
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Page 12
... seemed but a grudging pardon from the Great Queen . Lines existed , unseen but powerful ripples . Sometimes , on these secret lines , the Oak Priests ordered dances to strengthen the earth , and also the dead or , as some old fellow ...
... seemed but a grudging pardon from the Great Queen . Lines existed , unseen but powerful ripples . Sometimes , on these secret lines , the Oak Priests ordered dances to strengthen the earth , and also the dead or , as some old fellow ...
Page 24
... seemed shorter but more vivid , part of dreams , those shreds of the Other World . Here he reached the tower always turning to the sun , and within were twelve Chestnut boys and five Beech girls , one of whom he rescued from bear talons ...
... seemed shorter but more vivid , part of dreams , those shreds of the Other World . Here he reached the tower always turning to the sun , and within were twelve Chestnut boys and five Beech girls , one of whom he rescued from bear talons ...
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... seemed out of shape , voices were distorted . Women said little , but old men were disposed to blame me for my initial lack of welcome to whom I could only regard as Crazy Ritter , murderer with hidden blade . The woodman quoted ...
... seemed out of shape , voices were distorted . Women said little , but old men were disposed to blame me for my initial lack of welcome to whom I could only regard as Crazy Ritter , murderer with hidden blade . The woodman quoted ...
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amongst Archbishop bards Bear Chief beauty beneath birds Black Brothers blood blue boar Cathars cauldron Clinschur cloak clouds colour Cundré Dagda dark dead death Deliverer despite dreams Duke Duke's dwarf earth Emperor epicene eyes face fear felt flowers Gawain girl gleaming gold golden Grail green grin Gundrygia Gwalchmai hair hand Hawk head heard honour horse hound House of Mystery Jesus Jews knew Kremitz Kundry ladies laugh leaves light listened looked lord lovers magic Medb Merlin Monseigneur moon mouth naked natal chart never night Nodens numbers once painted Palace Parsifal Perceval Perceval's Peredur perhaps piebald poet Queen remembered rose secret seemed shadows silver smile sometimes song soul spear Spider King spirit spoke stag stars stone stood Summer Princess sunlight sword Teutates thought told tower trees Venetian voice wall wine women words wounded youth Zebban