1. Edited, abridged, modernized and translated by Joseph Bédier
Tristan and Iseult
Edited, abridged, modernized and translated by
Joseph Bédier

2. The Great Tale of Love from the Middle Ages

3. Mark, King of Cornwall

4. Tintagel in Cornwall
Tintagel

5. Cornwall

6. Blanschefleur, Tristan’s Mother & King Mark’s Sister

7. Rivalin and Blanschefleur

8. Blanschefleur and Rivalin

9. Tristan’s Birth

10. Tristan is kidnapped!

11. Tristan speaks with pilgrims
“No, my father is a burgess. I left his home unbeknownst upon a ship that trafficked to a far place, for I wished to learn how men lived in foreign lands.”

12. Tristan becomes a knight

13. Tristan and the Morholt in Battle
“No man saw the combat; but thrice the salt sea-breeze had wafted or seemed to waft a cry of fury to the land.”

14. Tantris in the Skiff
“He bore him into a boat with neither sail nor oar and Tristan wished that his harp only should be placed beside him: for sails he could not lift, nor oar ply, nor sword wield; and as a seaman on some long voyage casts to the sea a beloved companion dead, so Gorvenal pushed out to sea that boat where his dear son lay; and the sea drew him away. For seven days and seven nights the sea so drew him…”

15. Iseult heals the wounded Tantris

16. Music, Lies and Love

17. Tristan playing his harp

18. Tristan comes back to Cornwall

19. Tristan sails to Dublin to fetch Iseult for King Mark

20. Tristan kills the Dragon

21. Tristan cuts off the Dragon’s Tongue

22. Iseult heals the wounded Tristan

23. Iseult playing with Tristan’s Sword
“To wipe it clean she drew the blood-stained sword from its rich sheath. She saw that it was heavily notched; noticed the shape of the dent; was this not the blade that had broken off in Morholt’s skull?”

24. Tristan claims Iseult for Mark
“Iseult the Fair trembled for shame and anguish.”

25. Tristan brings Iseult back to Cornwall

26. Brangien

27. Iseult und Tristan drink

28. The Love Potion

29. The Love Potion

30. You have Drunk your Death
“Cursed be the day I was born and cursed the day that I first trod this deck. Iseult, my friend, and Tristan, you have drunk death together.”
“…Well then, come Death.”

31. Tristan and Iseult