If you want to read Malory, but don’t like the available translations, then this post is for you.

For those looking for an original language edition, I can recommend the Norton critical edition. It is in one volume, complete, and retains as much as possible of the original features of the Winchester manuscript on which it is based. It has a few small quirks, but the Norton critical editions are generally highly regarded, and this one does not disappoint.

(The alternative is the former standard edition by Vinaver, the Oxford edition of The Works of Sir Thomas Malory. That edition is somewhat problematic and not exactly cheap.)

This thorough review on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/review/R2LBYYKHKQ8XH9/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0393974642&channel =detail-glance&nodeID=283155&store=books) covers all the important and interesting bits. I can only add that the glossary at the back of the book is very good; you will never need a dictionary, while potentially confusing passages are taken care of by the footnotes. Oh, and the bibliography is also excellent (date of publication: 2003).

This is probably the best edition of the Morte currently available.

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(Seriously, save yourself the frustration. Get this right away. It’s not even expensive.)