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The Wood Beyond the World

Author
William Morris
Series
William Morris Library
Language
English
Length
140 pages
ISBN
9781787360402
Published
10 September 2019
Imprint
Sovereign
  • William Morris
  • British Literature
  • Bloomsbury
  • British design
  • socialism
  • fantasy
  • utopia
  • tales

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Description

When the wife of Golden Walter betrays him for another man, he leaves home on a trading voyage to avoid the necessity of a feud with her family. However, his efforts are fruitless, as word comes to him en route that his wife's clan has killed his father. As a storm then carries him to a faraway country, the effect of this news is merely to sunder his last ties to his homeland. Walter comes to the castle of an enchantress, from which he rescues a captive maiden in a harrowing adventure.

Author

William Morris (1834–1896) was poet, designer, craftsman, and socialist — a founder of the Arts and Crafts movement who also helped invent modern fantasy. News from Nowhere imagined a just England; The Well at the World's End and The Wood Beyond the World sent readers into quests of language as rich as tapestry. Morris wanted beauty in daily things and stories that felt handmade.

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