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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 7:13 pm
Post subject: Looking for a Classic Story of Self Betrayal
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:31 pm
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pcfascist42.TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
> If anyone can suggest a classic story were the main character betrays
> himself/herself and friends I'd be thankful.
E. R. Eddison's "The Worm Ouroboros" (depending on whom you call "the
main character"?
"Babylon 5" (with the same qualification)?
Dorothy L Sayers' "The Devil to Pay"?
"The Tale of the Children of Hurin"?
Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword"?
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:29 am
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:44 am
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:00 am
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:42 am
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<pcfascist42 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> If anyone can suggest a classic story were the main character betrays
> himself/herself and friends I'd be thankful.
Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, qualifies as a classic
(in ways other suggestions do not.)
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:14 pm
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pcfascist42.TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
> If anyone can suggest a classic story were the main character betrays
> himself/herself and friends I'd be thankful.
Any version (from de Boron on) of the Lancelot story.
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John W. Kennedy
"The blind rulers of Logres
Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
-- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude" >> Stay informed about: Looking for a Classic Story of Self Betrayal |
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:16 pm
Post subject: Re: Looking for a Classic Story of Self Betrayal [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Sorry if I am remembering wrong but doesn't Lancelot get betrayed?
John W. Kennedy wrote:
> pcfascist42.TakeThisOut@gmail.com wrote:
> > If anyone can suggest a classic story were the main character betrays
> > himself/herself and friends I'd be thankful.
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> Any version (from de Boron on) of the Lancelot story.
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> John W. Kennedy
> "The blind rulers of Logres
> Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
> -- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude" >> Stay informed about: Looking for a Classic Story of Self Betrayal |
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:04 pm
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 1:30 am
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pcfascist42 DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:
> Sorry if I am remembering wrong but doesn't Lancelot get betrayed?
John might have been thinking of Arthur's perspective.
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> John W. Kennedy wrote:
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>>pcfascist42@gmail.com wrote:
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>>>If anyone can suggest a classic story were the main character betrays
>>>himself/herself and friends I'd be thankful.
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>>Any version (from de Boron on) of the Lancelot story.
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>>--
>>John W. Kennedy
>>"The blind rulers of Logres
>>Nourished the land on a fallacy of rational virtue."
>> -- Charles Williams. "Taliessin through Logres: Prelude"
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> >> Stay informed about: Looking for a Classic Story of Self Betrayal |
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