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Basin
78
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7 ratings
Genreschanson de gesteepic poem
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Plot78
Characters81
Writing81
Pacing80
Originality70
Impact81
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Basin is a chanson de geste about Charlemagne's childhood. While the Old French epic poem has been lost, the story has come down to us via a 13th-century Norse prose version in the Karlamagnús saga.
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- chanson de geste, epic poem