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The True Story of Guenever

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

First published October 1985
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"Phelps takes the love triangle of the legend and gives it a modern middle-class setting: Arthur is a carpenter, Guinevere is his wife, and Lancelot is a young bricklayer who boards with them. The love triangle is set up as a dream, essentially a warning for the young wife." &mdash;Ann F. Howey and Stephen R. Reimer, <i>A Bibliography of Modern Arthuriana, 1500&ndash;2000</i>

Notes

First appeared in The Independent (New York), June 15, 1876.

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Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1985 Cover Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers Ungar Anthology 66
June 1987 Cover Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers Ungar Anthology 66
August 1992 Cover The Camelot Chronicles Robinson Anthology 261
September 1992 Cover The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur Carroll & Graf Anthology 261
July 1994 Cover The Camelot Chronicles Carroll & Graf Anthology
July 1995 Cover The Camelot Chronicles: Heroic Adventures from the Time of King Arthur Wings Books Anthology 261
April 1999 Cover Arthurian Literature by Women Garland Publishing Anthology 211