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psgamemaster OP t1_iu22726 wrote

Reply to comment by Dawnawaken92 in TIL when it was discovered in 1963 that the Winchester manuscript of Le Morte d'Arthur was indeed Thomas Malory's, John Steinbeck caught wind of it and decided to translate it into modern English. Ultimately he abandoned the project, but what remained was published after his death. by psgamemaster

Couple reasons. According to the audiobook im listining to about Steinbeck, his publisher wasnt into it and an editor he was talkin with didnt like it. He grew discouraged with that and how he wanted to modernize it in his own way with creative edits. He thought he wouldnt do the translation justice after 3 or so years of trying to work on it even while traveling through England.

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Dawnawaken92 t1_iu4tlpr wrote

Thats kinda sad

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psgamemaster OP t1_iu4uej4 wrote

Thats how I felt after hearing about it. He thought that with all the money he brought his publishers that they would back him up with a project like this, but they were more concerned about having him write more of those novels that brought in the money.

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