The Well at the World's End
121 chapters English Public domain
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The Well at World's End was one of William Morris' fantasy novels. Set in a medival fantasy setting, the hero, Ralph of Upmeads, a minor son of a minor king, sets out in search of the Well at World's End. This well grants near-immortality and a heightened sense of destiny. Ralph meets a mysterious woman who has found the well, however, she is killed. A second woman named Ursula helps Ralph find the well. The book is a classic journey 'there and back again' which will keep lovers of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis happy.
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121 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Chapter 1: The Sundering of the Ways 04 Chapter 2: Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House 05 Chapter 3: Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town 06 Chapter 4: Ralph Rideth the Downs 07 Chapter 5: Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way 08 Chapter 6: Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham 09 Chapter 7: The Maiden of Bourton Abbas 10 Chapter 8: Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein 11 Chapter 9: Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous 12 Chapter 10: A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous 13 Chapter 11: Now Must Ralph Ride For It 14 Chapter 12: Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths 15 Chapter 13: The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths 16 Chapter 14: What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths 17 Chapter 15: How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths 18 Chapter 16: Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again 19 Chapter 17: Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance 20 Chapter 18: Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance 21 Chapter 19: Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End 22 Chapter 20: Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood 23 Chapter 21: Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily 24 Chapter 22: An Adventure in the Wood 25 Chapter 23: The Leechcraft of the Lady
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The Well at the World's End
121 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Well at World's End was one of William Morris' fantasy novels. Set in a medival fantasy setting, the hero, Ralph of Upmeads, a minor son of a minor king, sets out in search of the Well at World's End. This well grants near-immortality and a heightened sense of destiny. Ralph meets a mysterious woman who has found the well, however, she is killed. A second woman named Ursula helps Ralph find the well. The book is a classic journey 'there and back again' which will keep lovers of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis happy.
Table of contents
121 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Chapter 1: The Sundering of the Ways 04 Chapter 2: Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House 05 Chapter 3: Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town 06 Chapter 4: Ralph Rideth the Downs 07 Chapter 5: Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way 08 Chapter 6: Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham 09 Chapter 7: The Maiden of Bourton Abbas 10 Chapter 8: Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein 11 Chapter 9: Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous 12 Chapter 10: A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous 13 Chapter 11: Now Must Ralph Ride For It 14 Chapter 12: Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths 15 Chapter 13: The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths 16 Chapter 14: What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths 17 Chapter 15: How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths 18 Chapter 16: Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again 19 Chapter 17: Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance 20 Chapter 18: Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance 21 Chapter 19: Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End 22 Chapter 20: Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood 23 Chapter 21: Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily 24 Chapter 22: An Adventure in the Wood 25 Chapter 23: The Leechcraft of the Lady
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The Well at the World's End
121 chapters English Public domain
About this book
The Well at World's End was one of William Morris' fantasy novels. Set in a medival fantasy setting, the hero, Ralph of Upmeads, a minor son of a minor king, sets out in search of the Well at World's End. This well grants near-immortality and a heightened sense of destiny. Ralph meets a mysterious woman who has found the well, however, she is killed. A second woman named Ursula helps Ralph find the well. The book is a classic journey 'there and back again' which will keep lovers of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis happy.
Table of contents
121 chapters
01 Start Reading 02 Contents 03 Chapter 1: The Sundering of the Ways 04 Chapter 2: Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House 05 Chapter 3: Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town 06 Chapter 4: Ralph Rideth the Downs 07 Chapter 5: Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way 08 Chapter 6: Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham 09 Chapter 7: The Maiden of Bourton Abbas 10 Chapter 8: Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein 11 Chapter 9: Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous 12 Chapter 10: A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous 13 Chapter 11: Now Must Ralph Ride For It 14 Chapter 12: Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths 15 Chapter 13: The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths 16 Chapter 14: What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths 17 Chapter 15: How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths 18 Chapter 16: Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again 19 Chapter 17: Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance 20 Chapter 18: Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance 21 Chapter 19: Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End 22 Chapter 20: Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood 23 Chapter 21: Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily 24 Chapter 22: An Adventure in the Wood 25 Chapter 23: The Leechcraft of the Lady
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