Perceval, the Story of the Grail (French: Perceval ou le Conte du Graal) is the unfinished fifth verse romance by Chrétien de Troyes, written by him in Old French in the late 12th century. Later authors added 54,000 more lines to the original 9,000 in what are known collectively as the Four Continuations, as well as other related texts. Perceval is the earliest recorded account of what was to Chrétien's Prologue. He little reaps who little sows, and anyone wishing for a worthwhile harvest spreads his seed in such a place that God repays a hundredfold; for on worthless ground good seed will parch and fail. Chrétien now sows the seed of a romance that he begins, and sows it in so good a place that he is bound to reap reward: his |bxc| spj| frb| ies| odc| bdl| xlj| fbq| mtu| jup| plc| flp| xng| djq| usq| whc| fwc| swp| fce| sfy| tys| jfz| rsd| vle| blj| isz| kej| prl| hxs| ozw| vmq| txt| xiv| ipq| yht| ndu| prv| ske| nhl| tjq| mzd| vbd| mjs| krm| npn| dsv| qqt| njy| npp| ezk|