Jeanette Winterson's Novels

Jeanette Winterson is a British book writer who was born in Manchester on August 27, 1959. She was adopted by a couple name Constance and John William Winterson. Her father was a factory worker and her mother was a stay at home housewife. She grew up being raised in a Pentecostal religion household, where she wrote sermons for her church when she turned six. Winterson liked to read a lot, there were only six books in her household, which included the bible, Malory’s Morte d’ Arthur, but reading wasn’t approved unless it was the bible. When she turned 16 years old, she came out as a lesbian and decided to go out and live on her own. She enrolled herself into an all girls grammar school and later she went to Oxford University where she studied and read English. When she moved to London she wrote her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, which won the 1985 Whitbread prize. Most of Jeanette’s novels are

Lancelot and Guinevere had a secret love affair, and Guinevere was married to King Arthur. One of Arthur’s knights grew suspicious of their relationship and confronted Lancelot. This led to a combat between the both of them, so that Lancelot could reveal the truth. Lancelot won the fight against Sir Meliagaunt, where he sliced his head in half. Sir Meliagaunt wasn’t the only knight that suspicious of this love affair, several of King Arthur’s knights were also aware of the situation. The knights went to Guinevere’s chamber where they caught the both of them in bed. Guinevere was taken away to be condemned for her infidelity, and days after Lancelot came to rescue her, and killed numerous of King Arthur’s knights. After Lancelot killed all of Arthur’s knights, Arthur attacked his castle, and Lancelot lived his last moments of his life alone, and Guinevere moved to Amesbury where she became a nun and