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The House of the Wolfings / A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse

William Morris

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 233 pages

The House of the Wolfings is a fantasy tale in prose and verse, set in an ancient woodland realm called the Mark. It follows the Wolfing kindred and their allies as they face an invading host and defend their home. Its poetic language and heroic atmosphere make it rewarding to hear.

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Transcribed from the 1904 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition
by David Price, email [email protected]
THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS
A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE
WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS
OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE
AND IN VERSE
by William Morris
Whiles in the early Winter eve
We pass amid the gathering night
Some homestead that we had to leave
Years past; and see its candles bright
Shine in the room beside the door
Where we were merry years agone
But now must never enter more,
As still the dark road drives us on.
E’en so the world of men may turn
At even of some hurried day
And see the ancient glimmer burn
Across the waste that hath no way;
Then with that faint light in its eyes
A while I bid it linger near
And nurse in wavering memories
The bitter-sweet of days that were.
CHAPTER I—THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK

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Contents

  1. THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS A TALE OF THE HOUSE OF THE WOLFINGS AND ALL THE KINDREDS OF THE MARK WRITTEN IN PROSE AND IN V
  2. CHAPTER I—THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK
  3. CHAPTER II—THE FLITTING OF THE WAR-ARROW
  4. CHAPTER III—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
  5. CHAPTER IV—THE HOUSE FARETH TO THE WAR
  6. CHAPTER V—CONCERNING THE HALL-SUN
  7. CHAPTER VI—THEY TALK ON THE WAY TO THE FOLK-THING
  8. CHAPTER VII—THEY GATHER TO THE FOLK-MOTE
  9. CHAPTER VIII—THE FOLK-MOTE OF THE MARKMEN
  10. CHAPTER IX—THE ANCIENT MAN OF THE DAYLINGS
  11. CHAPTER X—THAT CARLINE COMETH TO THE ROOF OF THE WOLFINGS
  12. CHAPTER XI—THE HALL-SUN SPEAKETH
  13. CHAPTER XII—TIDINGS OF THE BATTLE IN MIRKWOOD
  14. CHAPTER XIII—THE HALL-SUN SAITH ANOTHER WORD
  15. CHAPTER XIV—THE HALL-SUN IS CAREFUL CONCERNING THE PASSES OF THE WOOD
  16. CHAPTER XV—THEY HEAR TELL OF THE BATTLE ON THE RIDGE
  17. CHAPTER XVI—HOW THE DWARF-WROUGHT HAUBERK WAS BROUGHT AWAY FROM THE HALL OF THE DAYLINGS
  18. CHAPTER XVII—THE WOOD-SUN SPEAKETH WITH THIODOLF
  19. CHAPTER XVIII—TIDINGS BROUGHT TO THE WAIN-BURG
  20. CHAPTER XIX—THOSE MESSENGERS COME TO THIODOLF
  21. CHAPTER XX—OTTER AND HIS FOLK COME INTO MID-MARK
  22. CHAPTER XXI—THEY BICKER ABOUT THE FORD
  23. CHAPTER XXII—OTTER FALLS ON AGAINST HIS WILL
  24. CHAPTER XXIII—THIODOLF MEETETH THE ROMANS IN THE WOLFING MEADOW
  25. CHAPTER XXIV—THE GOTHS ARE OVERTHROWN BY THE ROMANS
  26. CHAPTER XXV—THE HOST OF THE MARKMEN COMETH INTO THE WILD-WOOD
  27. CHAPTER XXVI—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
  28. CHAPTER XXVII—THEY WEND TO THE MORNING BATTLE
  29. CHAPTER XXVIII—OF THE STORM OF DAWNING
  30. CHAPTER XXI—OF THIODOLF’S STORM

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