But their first baby dies two hours after birth, while Joe is away, and Iseult savagely turns on him.
Must Read New Fiction: ‘Arcadia,’ ‘Men in Space,’ ‘The O’Briens,’ ‘Hot Pink’|Chloë Schama, Jacob Silverman, Wendy Smith, Daniel Roberts|March 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
“He had occupied her life like a foreign army,” Iseult thinks at one point.
Must Read New Fiction: ‘Arcadia,’ ‘Men in Space,’ ‘The O’Briens,’ ‘Hot Pink’|Chloë Schama, Jacob Silverman, Wendy Smith, Daniel Roberts|March 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Joe had promised her “life, connection, children, meaning,” Iseult reflects bitterly.
Must Read New Fiction: ‘Arcadia,’ ‘Men in Space,’ ‘The O’Briens,’ ‘Hot Pink’|Chloë Schama, Jacob Silverman, Wendy Smith, Daniel Roberts|March 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Tristram and Iseult, with fewer good patches, has a greater technical interest.
Matthew Arnold|George Saintsbury
Compare Arnold's version of the story of Tristram and Iseult with the version given in the introductory note to the poem.
Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems|Matthew Arnold
As soon as he could speak he called to her, humbly, "Iseult, my wife!"
Cornwall's Wonderland|Mabel Quiller-Couch
But Iseult said, “Father, first give me the kiss of peace and forgiveness, as a sign that you will give him the same.”
The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult|M. Joseph Bdier
Now far from Iseult, Tristan languished, till on a day he must needs see her again.
The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult|M. Joseph Bdier
British Dictionary definitions for Iseult
Iseult
YseultIsolde (ɪˈzəʊldə)
/ (ɪˈsuːlt) /
noun(in Arthurian legend)
an Irish princess wed to Mark, king of Cornwall, but in love with his knight Tristan
(in another account) the daughter of the king of Brittany, married to Tristan