Project Gutenberg 2011-02-09 Public domain in the USA. 336 Adam, E. (Erich) Adam, Erich Torrent of Portyngale Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent_of_Portyngale Produced by Louise Hope, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Torrent of Portyngale" by E. Adam is a historical romance re-edited from a unique manuscript in the 15th century. The story revolves around the knight Torrent, who embarks on a quest filled with various challenges and battles to gain the love of the fair Desonelle, the daughter of King Calamond. The narrative is set against a backdrop of medieval chivalry, showcasing themes of valor, treachery, and romantic love as Torrent faces a series of formidable giants and other adversaries. The opening of the romance introduces the context for Torrent's adventures, beginning with background on the manuscript itself and its philological significance. It establishes that the story originates from a time when medieval romance poetry was beginning to decline, and the structure involves a tail-rhymed twelve-line stanza typical of the period. The early chapters outline Torrent’s initial accolades, detailing his battles against a slumbering giant and dragons, leading to his eventual pursuit of Desonelle against the machinations of envious figures. This sets the stage for a tale steeped in chivalric contests and romantic endeavors framed by divine intervention and moral considerations typical of medieval literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 92.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Knights and knighthood -- Poetry Romances, English PR Text Early English Text Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: British Literature 562745 2025-06-14T10:49:31.764506 text/html 564105 2011-02-17T15:07:34 text/html; charset=utf-8 154975 2011-02-09T13:59:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 219577 2025-06-14T10:49:52.721332 application/epub+zip 229816 2025-06-14T10:49:36.469417 application/epub+zip 224527 2025-06-14T10:49:33.755434 application/epub+zip 528181 2025-06-14T10:50:00.961344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 476425 2025-06-14T10:49:50.651357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 442669 2022-09-16T07:26:29.903149 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328606 2025-06-14T10:49:27.749470 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 328525 2011-02-17T15:07:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 120054 2011-02-09T13:59:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 328527 2011-02-17T15:07:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120057 2011-02-17T15:07:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 335624 2011-02-17T15:07:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120317 2011-02-17T15:07:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22385 2025-06-14T10:50:01.161307 application/rdf+xml 11235 2025-06-14T10:49:34.539430 image/jpeg 3200 2025-06-14T10:49:34.141420 image/jpeg 206904 2025-06-14T10:49:31.810498 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog