<Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Prose </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Publication date </Th> <Td> 1485 </Td> </Tr> <P> Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for "the death of Arthur") is a reworking of existing tales by Sir Thomas Malory about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, Merlin, and the Knights of the Round Table . Malory interprets existing French and English stories about these figures and adds original material (e.g., the Gareth story). </P> <P> Malory's actual title for the work was The Whole Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table, but after Malory's death the publisher changed the title to what is commonly known today . "The Death of King Arthur" originally only referred to the final volume in the complete work . </P>

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