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The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home
In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a well that exudes water with magical properties, he is intrigued and begins his quest. Along the way, he travels through various towns and wildernesses and meets -- and is sometimes led astray by -- a host of interesting people including a mysterious knight, a beautiful woman who may be a goddess, a treacherous servant, a brave tavern wench, a barbarian warrior, a solitary sage, and a sadistic king. Book 4 finishes his adventure. - Summary by Kristingj
- GenresFantasy
5 pages, Audiobook
First published January 1, 1896
About the author
William Morris
1,754 books502 followersPeople best remembered wallpaper and furniture designs of William Morris, British painter, craftsman, and social reformer, whose poetry includes
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The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and the Arts and Crafts Movement associated William Morris, an English architect, textile, artist, writer, and Marxist. Morris wrote and published fiction and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. He worked his known The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858).
William Morris wrote The Earthly Paradise (1868–1870), A Dream of John Ball , and the utopian News from Nowhere .
William Morris, an important figure in the emergence, founded the Socialist league in 1884 but broke with the movement over goals and methods before the end of 1880s, that decade.
He founded the press of Kelmscott in 1891 and devoted much of the rest of his life. People consider the edition, masterpiece of Kelmscott of 1896 of the Works , book of Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood and the Arts and Crafts Movement associated William Morris, an English architect, textile, artist, writer, and Marxist. Morris wrote and published fiction and translations of ancient and medieval texts throughout his life. He worked his known The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858).
William Morris wrote The Earthly Paradise (1868–1870), A Dream of John Ball , and the utopian News from Nowhere .
William Morris, an important figure in the emergence, founded the Socialist league in 1884 but broke with the movement over goals and methods before the end of 1880s, that decade.
He founded the press of Kelmscott in 1891 and devoted much of the rest of his life. People consider the edition, masterpiece of Kelmscott of 1896 of the Works , book of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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April 28, 2021
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I really liked this. Its very good for early fantasy, and it reads like Malory. You can also see how it inspired Tolkien (book 4 is probably the birth of the "scouring of the Shire" and the long fantasy epilogue). Its also a rare fantasy where the heroic quest isn't about defeating an enemy, but essentially a pilgrimage, and the action is just stuff that happens along the way and in the aftermath.
I really liked this. Its very good for early fantasy, and it reads like Malory. You can also see how it inspired Tolkien (book 4 is probably the birth of the "scouring of the Shire" and the long fantasy epilogue). Its also a rare fantasy where the heroic quest isn't about defeating an enemy, but essentially a pilgrimage, and the action is just stuff that happens along the way and in the aftermath.
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