The Wood Beyond the World

2010-06-07
The Wood Beyond the World

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher: Broadview Press
  • ISBN: 1770482741
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 237

A groundbreaking fantasy novel, The Wood Beyond the World tells the story of a young man, Golden Walter, who finds himself in a strange and frightening world after being abandoned by his wife and lost at sea. The novel takes the form of Walter’s quest for the visionary Maid that he sees at the beginning of his journey, and takes him from his failed marriage through temptation to emotional fulfillment. Set in Morris’s imaginative recreation of a medieval world, the novel is full of vivid imagery and surprising emotional realism. This edition collates for the first time the three early texts of the work. The introduction discusses the place of the book among Morris’s other prose romances, the events of his life, and his activities as a visual artist and a socialist. The appendices provide excerpts from Morris’s translation of Beowulf, other medieval texts read by Morris, and writings by his contemporaries on politics and aesthetics.

News from Nowhere and Other Writings

2004-12-02
News from Nowhere and Other Writings

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher: Penguin UK
  • ISBN: 0141927429
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 480

Poet, pattern-designer, environmentalist and maker of fine books, William Morris (1834-96) was also a committed socialist and visionary writer, obsessively concerned with the struggle to achieve a perfect society on earth. News From Nowhere, one of the most significant English works on the theme of utopia, is the tale of William Guest, a Victorian who wakes one morning to find himself in the year 2102 and discovers a society that has changed beyond recognition into a pastoral paradise, in which all people live in blissful equality and contentment. A socialist masterpiece, News From Nowhere is a vision of a future free from capitalism, isolation and industrialisation. This volume also contains a wide selection of Morris's writings, lectures, journalism and letters, which expand upon the key themes of News From Nowhere.

The Wood Wife

1997-08-15
The Wood Wife

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  • Author: Terri Windling
  • Publisher: Macmillan
  • ISBN: 9780812549294
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 308

A woman writer moves into a house she inherited from a poet in the hills of Arizona. The man died in mysterious circumstances and Maggie Black wants to find out why. So begins a terrifying introduction to the Indian spirits which roam the hills and feed on people's creative juices.

Beyond the Wild Wood

2005
Beyond the Wild Wood

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  • Author: Peter Green
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Authors, English
  • Languages : en
  • Pages :

This is the biography of the life, times and countryside of the rather sad and curious author of 'The wind in the willows'. He was the youngest Secretary of the Bank of England and yet lived in a dream world, creating wonderful stories.

The Wood Beyond the World

2020-10-29
The Wood Beyond the World

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
  • ISBN: 9176394077
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 167

When his wife cheats on him, Golden Walter leaves his mundane life to start a new one at sea. Horrific news forces him to turn around, however, but before he can reach home, a storm carries his ship to a faraway country. A country inhabited by people he has seen before. In a vison. With novels like ‘The Wood Beyond the World’ (1894) William Morris has gone down in history as the forerunner for much of the modern-day fantasy genre. C.S. Lewis, who wrote ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’, cited Morris as one of his favourite authors, and J.R.R. Tolkien was influenced by Morris’ fantasies in writing ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy. William Morris (1834-1896) was a British writer, textile designer and Socialist. His earliest works were historical fiction, but today he is known for being the forerunner of modern-day fantasy. He took a keen interest in Iceland and translated a series of Icelandic sagas to English together with the Icelandic scholar Eiríkur Magnússon.

The Well At The World's End: A Tale;

2019-03-21
The Well At The World's End: A Tale;

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781010598794
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 292

The Wood Beyond the World

1895
The Wood Beyond the World

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

The Wood Beyond the World Illustrated

2021-02-08
The Wood Beyond the World Illustrated

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 178

The Wood Beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.[1] It was first published in hardcover by Morris's Kelmscott Press, in 1894.

The Wood Beyond the World (Annotated)

2021-04-06
The Wood Beyond the World (Annotated)

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher:
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  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 162

"The Wood Beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.It was first published in hardcover by Morris's Kelmscott Press, in 1894. The book's importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its republication by Ballantine Books as the third volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in July, 1969. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter."

The Wood Beyond the World

2017-01-13T23:00:00Z
The Wood Beyond the World

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  • Author: William Morris
  • Publisher: Standard Ebooks
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Fiction
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 165

William Morris is famous in no small part for his contributions to defining the genre of modern fantasy literature, and The Wood Beyond the World is a classic example of that influence. Written in a purposefully-antiquated prose style reminiscent of Sir Thomas Malory or other aged fairy tales, The Wood Beyond the World can be difficult for some readers; but those who follow through will enjoy a charming and influential series of picaresque adventures. The book follows Golden Walter, a man leaving home who finds himself swept away to an enchanted land. He encounters a fair maiden who is trapped by an enchantress and her consort. Walter must, like all good heroes, save the maiden and see if they can make it to happily ever after. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.