Reynard the Fox (Reynard Cycle Book 1)

Reynard Cycle

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I purchased this book thinking that it would be much the same. How refreshing to find that not only is this an adult book, but it is much darker and more complex than the rather childish stuff I have been picking up in the last few years. I still blew through it- its not that long -but I really needed to commit to this novel and pay attention to the action.

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Of which there is plenty. It is more of an adventure story than fantasy and the author focuses mostly on one very intriguing character. He also has a rather long sentence style of writing that I really love and rarely see. My ONLY complaint would be that there are not women in the story who do more. But maybe that will happen in books to come.

I loved this book! The author takes familiar tropes and twists them just slightly enough create real surprises. The world building is superb and original. I'm looking forward to learning more about how the setting works as the series progresses. I've been a lifelong reader of fantasy and this book hit the mark for me. Reynard the Fox is a great adventure.

The story is fun to read, the characters compelling and easy to root for. The pace of the novel is perfect.

There is a very good blend between story, action, and bits of comedy that keep the reading fresh and the pages turning quickly. The action and the descriptive scenes evoke your imagination without being overly long, drawn out, or wordy. My only minor complaint is outside of the two main characters, I found the supporting cast of the book to be somewhat forgetful. Even the main villain, sort of fades into the background. This is partially forgivable since Reynard himself shines rather brightly, but I found myself at times having to remember exactly who everyone was, and why they were doing what they were doing.

Despite this rather small drawback I really enjoyed reading it and highly look forward to the next book in the series. The story also ends well. It hints at a possible wild and adventurous future, but still cleanly ends. It feels like a complete novel, and not just a chapter or footnote in a larger story. See all 9 reviews. What other items do customers buy after viewing this item?

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Alexa Actionable Analytics for the Web. Both of these early sources seem to draw on a pre-existing store of popular culture featuring the character. The first "branch" or chapter of the Roman de Renart appears in , written by Pierre de St. Cloud, although in all French editions it is designated as "Branch II". The same author wrote a sequel in —called "Branch I"—but from that date onwards, many other French authors composed their own adventures for Renart li goupil "the fox".

Cloud opens his work on the fox by situating it within the larger tradition of epic poetry, the fabliaux and Arthurian romance:. Lords, you have heard many tales, That many tellers have told to you. How Paris took Helen , The evil and the pain he felt Of Tristan that la Chevre Spoke rather beautifully about; And fabliaux and epics; Of the Romance of Yvain and his beast And many others told in this land But never have you heard about the war That was difficult and lengthy Between Reynard and Isengrim.

Like Pierre, very little is known of the author, other than the description by the copyist in the first sentences: Willem, die Madocke maecte, daer hi dicken omme waecte, hem vernoyde so haerde dat die avonture van Reynaerde in Dietsche onghemaket bleven — die Arnout niet hevet vulscreven — dat hi die vijte dede soucken ende hise na den Walschen boucken in Dietsche dus hevet begonnen.

Willem who made Madocke , which often kept him awake, was so extremely annoyed that the tales of Reynaert — which Arnout has not finished — remained unwritten in Dutch that he had the life looked for and, following the French books, he began it in Dutch as follows.

Madocke or Madoc is thought to be another one of Willem's works that at one point existed but was lost. The Arnout mentioned was an earlier Reynard poet whose work Willem the writer alleges to have finished. However, there are serious objections to this notion of joint authorship, and the only thing deemed likely is that Arnout was French-speaking "Walschen" in Middle Dutch referred to northern French-speaking people, specifically the Walloons.

It was translated to Latin and other languages, which made the tale popular across Europe.

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Jonson's play Volpone is heavily indebted to Reynard. Reinecke Fuchs by Goethe is a poem in hexameters, in twelve parts, written and first published Goethe adapted the Reynard material from the edition by Johann Christoph Gottsched , based on the Reynke de vos. German artist Johann Heinrich Ramberg made a series of 30 drawings which he also etched and published in Renert [full original title: An epic satirical work—adapted from the Cotta Edition of Goethe 's fox epic Reineke Fuchs to a setting in Luxembourg— [11] it is known for its insightful analysis of the unique characteristics of the people of Luxembourg, using regional and sub-regional dialects to depict the fox and his companions.

In it was published as a book. The story features a rhinoceros called Jodocus, somewhat akin to the Dutch word jood " jew " ; and a donkey, Boudewijn, who occupies the throne.

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Boudewijn was the Dutch name for the contemporary real-world Belgian crown prince. In the story, Jodocus is an outsider who comes to the Empire and subsequently introduces new ideas that drastically alter the natural order. The land is then declared a "Republic", where "liberty, equality and fraternity" are to be exercised, presenting a dystopian view of a socialist republic: Rabbits crept into foxholes, the chickens wanted to build an eyrie. Van den vos Reynaerde was also produced as a cartoon film by Nederlandfilm in , mostly financed with German money.

In , more pieces were found, and the film has been restored.

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