Gerard de Nerval's poem "El Desdichado" takes its title from the motto of a character in this work, and Charles Chesnutt's House Behind the Cedars is a retelling of it.  Hilarity ensues when two characters try to ask Gurth and Wamba for directions, but they are led down the right path by the title character.  That character
Gerard de Nerval's poem "El Desdichado" takes its title from the motto of a character in this work, and Charles Chesnutt's House Behind the Cedars is a retelling of it.  Hilarity ensues when two characters try to ask Gurth and Wamba for directions, but they are led down the right path by the title character.  That character and a moneylender then travel to Ashby de la Zouche, where they meet the Black Sluggard.  After leaving Ashby de la Zouche the title character and his party are captured and imprisoned in Torquilstone castle, where Brian des Bois-Guilbert attempts to force Rebecca to convert to Christianity.  However, the Black Sluggard teams up with Robin Hood and storms the castle.  The title character then fights a duel to rescue Rebecca and ultimately marries his true love, Rowena.  FTP name this novel about a disinherited knight by Sir Walter Scott.
Gerard de Nerval's poem "El Desdichado" takes its title from the motto of a character in this work, and Charles Chesnutt's House Behind the Cedars is a retelling of it.  
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