The Gawain Poet

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Neilson Translation)


Read by M. J. Boyle


Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of…

Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation Version 2)


Read by Jerome Lawsen


Published in 1903, Gawayne and the Green Knight is a modern-language retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century verse roma…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Weston Translation)


Read by Tony Addison


King Arthur lies at Camelot upon a Christmas-tide and will not eat until he hears tell of a marvel of knightly feats. In among them rides th…

Pearl (Jewett translation)


Read by Jordan


Written in the 14th century by the Gawain poet, 'Pearl' is an elegiac poem reflecting on the death of a young daughter, pictured as a pearl …

Gawayne and the Green Knight (Lewis Translation)


Read by Betsie Bush


Charlton Miner Lewis' version of Gawayne and the Green Knight, a late 14th century alliterative romance, is written in modern language telli…

Pearl (Coulton translation)


Read by Tony Addison


A companion piece to From Jerusalem to Revelations in the Librivox catalogue (https://librivox.org/jerusalem-to-revelations-a-quartet-of-spi…

Pearl (Weston translation)


Read by Newgatenovelist


Pearl is a structurally complex mediaeval poem that combines narrative, allegory, dream vision, elegy, affirmation of Christian faith and me…