Christabel Released

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1797/1800

 

PART I

In which Christabel, innocent daughter of Sir Leoline of Langdale Hall, discovers a gentle maid all forlorn alone in the midnight wood and succours her

 

PART II

In which Christabel smuggles Geraldine into the castle and is demonically seduced

 

PART III

In which Christabel is wildered and that snake in the bosom, Geraldine – ‘sword-bearer’ from the Germanic – wiles her way into Sir Leoline’s affections

 

PART IV

In which the ensorcelled Christabel is spurned by her sire, Bracy the bard has a dream and is entrusted with a Mission

 

 

Ralph Hoyte

2008/2012

 

PART V

In which Bracy the bard spurs northwards to Sir Roland de Vaux’s redoubt of Tryermaine Castle, nigh on Hadrian’s Wall, and is met with a Surprise

 

Part VI

In which Christabel’s mind is mazed, Bracy is incarcerated and Sir Leoline is up to something

 

Part VII

In which bard Bracy’s fate is decided

 

PART VIII

In which Christabel has a dream

 

PART IX

In which Sir Roland de Vaux makes a decision

 

PART X

In which Sir Leoline and Geraldine promenade

 

PART XI

In which Christabel seems about ‘to do an Ophelia’ and her mother reappears from the Dead

 

PART XII

In which something (nasty) happens to the mastiff bitch and Geraldine is forced to show her hand (or scales)

 

PART XIII

In which Bracy returns

 

Part XIV

In which we find out whether or not Geraldine is really his daughter (perhaps), and things take Quite A Turn at the banquet

 

Part XV

In which Christabel takes to the Midnight Wood and discovers something about herself

 

Part XVI

In which the hunt rides

 

Part XVII

In which Christabel lies dying (perhaps) and we find out who Geraldine really is

 

Part XVIII

In which All May Be Dead and All May Be Lost

 

Part XIX

In which bard Bracy petitions the gods

 

Part XX

The Conclusion to Christabel

 

EXTRACT (PROSE) HERE