Well at the World's End
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Well at the World's End

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  1. 655 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Well at the World's End

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About this book

Credited with inspiring such fantasy luminaries as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morris' The Well at the World's End follows the travels of a prince, Ralph of Upmeads, who undertakes a journey to find the magical well of the title. Along the way, our hero encounters adventure, travails, and romance. A must-read for fans of classic quest stories.

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Information

Publisher
The Floating Press
Year
2010
eBook ISBN
9781775419846

Table of contents

  1. Title
  2. Contents
  3. BOOK ONE - THE ROAD UNTO LOVE
  4. Chapter 1 - The Sundering of the Ways
  5. Chapter 2 - Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House
  6. Chapter 3 - Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town
  7. Chapter 4 - Ralph Rideth the Downs
  8. Chapter 5 - Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way
  9. Chapter 6 - Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham
  10. Chapter 7 - The Maiden of Bourton Abbas
  11. Chapter 8 - Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein
  12. Chapter 9 - Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous
  13. Chapter 10 - A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous
  14. Chapter 11 - Now Must Ralph Ride For It
  15. Chapter 12 - Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths
  16. Chapter 13 - The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths
  17. Chapter 14 - What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths
  18. Chapter 15 - How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths
  19. Chapter 16 - Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again
  20. Chapter 17 - Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance
  21. Chapter 18 - Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance
  22. Chapter 19 - Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End
  23. Chapter 20 - Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood
  24. Chapter 21 - Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily
  25. Chapter 22 - An Adventure in the Wood
  26. Chapter 23 - The Leechcraft of the Lady
  27. Chapter 24 - Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall
  28. BOOK TWO - THE ROAD UNTO TROUBLE
  29. Chapter 1 - Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness
  30. Chapter 2 - They Break Their Fast in the Wildwood
  31. Chapter 3 - The Lady Telleth Ralph of the Past Days of Her Life
  32. Chapter 4 - The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance
  33. Chapter 5 - Yet More of the Lady's Story
  34. Chapter 6 - The Lady Tells Somewhat of Her Doings After She Left the Wilderness
  35. Chapter 7 - The Lady Tells of the Strife and Trouble That Befell After Her Coming to the Country of the King's Son
  36. Chapter 8 - The Lady Maketh an End of Her Tale
  37. Chapter 9 - They Go On Their Way Once More
  38. Chapter 10 - Of the Desert-House and the Chamber of Love in the Wilderness
  39. Chapter 11 - Ralph Cometh Out of the Wilderness
  40. Chapter 12 - Ralph Falleth in With Friends and Rideth to Whitwall
  41. Chapter 13 - Richard Talketh With Ralph Concerning the Well at the World's End. Concerning Swevenham
  42. Chapter 14 - Ralph Falleth in With Another Old Friend
  43. Chapter 15 - Ralph Dreams a Dream Or Sees a Vision
  44. Chapter 16 - Of the Tales of Swevenham
  45. Chapter 17 - Richard Bringeth Tidings of Departing
  46. Chapter 18 - Ralph Departeth From Whitwall With the Fellowship of Clement Chapman
  47. Chapter 19 - Master Clement Tells Ralph Concerning the Lands Whereunto They Were Riding
  48. Chapter 20 - They Come to the Mid- Mountain Guest-House
  49. Chapter 21 - A Battle in the Mountains
  50. Chapter 22 - Ralph Talks With Bull Shockhead
  51. Chapter 23 - Of the Town of Cheaping Knowe
  52. Chapter 24 - Ralph Heareth More Tidings of the Damsel
  53. Chapter 25 - The Fellowship Comes to Whiteness
  54. Chapter 26 - They Ride the Mountains Toward Goldburg
  55. Chapter 27 - Clement Tells of Goldburg
  56. Chapter 28 - Now They Come to Goldburg
  57. Chapter 29 - Of Goldburg and the Queen Thereof
  58. Chapter 30 - Ralph Hath Hope of Tidings Concerning the Well at the World's End
  59. Chapter 31 - The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol
  60. Chapter 32 - Ralph Happens on Evil Days
  61. Chapter 33 - Ralph is Brought on the Road Towards Utterbol
  62. Chapter 34 - The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy
  63. Chapter 35 - Ralph Cometh To the Vale of the Tower
  64. Chapter 36 - The Talk of Two Women Concerning Ralph
  65. Chapter 37 - How Ralph Justed With the Aliens
  66. Chapter 38 - A Friend Gives Ralph Warning
  67. Chapter 39 - The Lord of Utterbol Makes Ralph a Free Man
  68. Chapter 40 - They Ride Toward Utterness From Out of Vale Turris
  69. Chapter 41 - Redhead Keeps Tryst
  70. BOOK THREE - THE ROAD TO THE WELL AT WORLD'S END
  71. Chapter 1 - An Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountains
  72. Chapter 2 - Ralph Rides the Wood Under the Mountains
  73. Chapter 3 - Ralph Meeteth With Another Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountain
  74. Chapter 4 - They Ride the Wood Under the Mountains
  75. Chapter 5 - They Come on the Sage of Swevenham
  76. Chapter 6 - Those Two Are Learned Lore by the Sage of Swevenham
  77. Chapter 7 - An Adventure by the Way
  78. Chapter 8 - They Come to the Sea of Molten Rocks
  79. Chapter 9 - They Come Forth From the Rock-Sea
  80. Chapter 10 - They Come to the Gate of the Mountains
  81. Chapter 11 - They Come to the Vale of Sweet Chestnuts
  82. Chapter 12 - Winter Amidst of the Mountains
  83. Chapter 13 - Of Ursula and the Bear
  84. Chapter 14 - Now Come the Messengers of the Innocent Folk
  85. Chapter 15 - They Come to the Land of the Innocent Folk
  86. Chapter 16 - They Come to the House of the Sorceress
  87. Chapter 17 - They Come Through the Woodland to the Thirsty Desert
  88. Chapter 18 - They Come to the Dry Tree
  89. Chapter 19 - They Come Out of the Thirsty Desert
  90. Chapter 20 - They Come to the Ocean Sea
  91. Chapter 21 - Now They Drink of the Well at the World's End
  92. Chapter 22 - Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad
  93. BOOK FOUR - THE ROAD HOME
  94. Chapter 1 - Ralph and Ursula Come Back Again Through the Great Mountains
  95. Chapter 2 - They Hear New Tidings of Utterbol
  96. Chapter 3 - They Winter With the Sage; and Thereafter Come Again to Vale Turris
  97. Chapter 4 - A Feast in the Red Pavilion
  98. Chapter 5 - Bull Telleth of His Winning of the Lordship of Utterbol
  99. Chapter 6 - They Ride From Vale Turris. Redhead Tells of Agatha
  100. Chapter 7 - Of Their Riding the Waste, and of a Battle Thereon
  101. Chapter 8 - Of Goldburg Again, and the Queen Thereof
  102. Chapter 9 - They Come to Cheaping Knowe Once More. Of the King Thereof
  103. Chapter 10 - An Adventure on the Way to the Mountains
  104. Chapter 11 - They Come Through the Mountains Into the Plain
  105. Chapter 12 - The Roads Sunder Again
  106. Chapter 13 - They Come to Whitwall Again
  107. Chapter 14 - They Ride Away From Whitwall
  108. Chapter 15 - A Strange Meeting in the Wilderness
  109. Chapter 16 - They Come to the Castle of Abundance Once More
  110. Chapter 17 - They Fall in With That Hermit
  111. Chapter 18 - A Change of Days in the Burg of the Four Friths
  112. Chapter 19 - Ralph Sees Hampton and the Scaur
  113. Chapter 20 - They Come to the Gate of Higham By the Way
  114. Chapter 21 - Talk Between Those Two Brethren
  115. Chapter 22 - An Old Acquaintance Comes From the Down Country to See Ralph
  116. Chapter 23 - They Ride to Bear Castle
  117. Chapter 24 - The Folkmote of the Shepherds
  118. Chapter 25 - They Come to Wulstead
  119. Chapter 26 - Ralph Sees His Father and Mother Again
  120. Chapter 27 - Ralph Holds Converse With Katherine His Gossip
  121. Chapter 28 - Dame Katherine Tells of the Pair of Beads, and Whence She Had Them
  122. Chapter 29 - They Go Down to Battle in Upmeads
  123. Chapter 30 - Ralph Brings His Father and Mother to Upmeads
  124. Chapter 31 - Ralph Brings Ursula Home to the High House
  125. Chapter 32 - Yet a Few Words Concerning Ralph of Upmeads