The Well at the World's End: A Tale William Morris
The Well at the World's End: A Tale William Morris
Fantasy Book language: English 360 pages The Well at the World's End is William Morris's medieval-style fantasy romance, following young Ralph as he leaves home on a quest for a legendary well. His road brings love, perilous woods and strange encounters, told in rich, archaic prose. It is a foundational work of quest fantasy, rewarding for listeners who enjoy slow, poetic adventure.
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Opening of the book The Well at the World's End
by
William Morris
Table of Contents
BOOK ONE The Road Unto Love
Chapter
1 The Sundering of the Ways
2 Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House
3 Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town
4 Ralph Rideth the Downs
5 Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way
6 Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham
7 The Maiden of Bourton Abbas
8 Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein
9 Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous
10 A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous
11 Now Must Ralph Ride For It
12 Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths
13 The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths
14 What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths
15 How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths
16 Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again
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