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The Wood Beyond the World

Name: The Wood Beyond the World
Author: William Morris

by William Morris

Fantasy

221 pages

4h 37m read

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.

Chapters

Selected chapters for typing

	I: Of Golden Walter and His Father	4 Pages
	II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas	5 Pages
	III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father	7 Pages
	IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her Course	4 Pages
	V: Now They Come to a New Land	7 Pages
	VI: The Old Man Tells Walter of Himself. Walter Sees a Shard in the Cliff-Wall	8 Pages
	VII: Walter Comes to the Shard in the Rock-Wall	4 Pages
	VIII: Walter Wends the Waste	4 Pages
	IX: Walter Happeneth on the First of Those Three Creatures	5 Pages
	X: Walter Happeneth on Another Creature in the Strange Land	14 Pages
	XI: Walter Happeneth on the Mistress	5 Pages
	XII: The Wearing of Four Days in the Wood Beyond the World	9 Pages
	XIII: Now Is the Hunt Up	8 Pages
	XIV: The Hunting of the Hart	7 Pages
	XV: The Slaying of the Quarry	5 Pages
	XVI: Of the King’s Son and the Maid	7 Pages
	XVII: Of the House and the Pleasance in the Wood	6 Pages
	XVIII: The Maid Gives Walter Tryst	3 Pages
	XIX: Walter Goes to Fetch Home the Lion’s Hide	8 Pages
	XX: Walter Is Bidden to Another Tryst	6 Pages
	XXI: Walter and the Maid Flee from the Golden House	4 Pages
	XXII: Of the Dwarf and the Pardon	6 Pages
	XXIII: Of the Peaceful Ending of That Wild Day	4 Pages
	XXIV: The Maid Tells of What Had Befallen Her	16 Pages
	XXV: Of the Triumphant Summer Array of the Maid	6 Pages
	XXVI: They Come to the Folk of the Bears	7 Pages
	XXVII: Morning Amongst the Bears	4 Pages
	XXVIII: Of the New God of the Bears	8 Pages
	XXIX: Walter Strays in the Pass and Is Sundered from the Maid	4 Pages
	XXX: Now They Meet Again	7 Pages
	XXXI: They Come Upon New Folk	4 Pages
	XXXII: Of the New King of the City and Land of Stark-Wall	4 Pages
	XXXIII: Concerning the Fashion of King-Making in Stark-Wall	3 Pages
	XXXIV: Now Cometh the Maid to the King	2 Pages
	XXXV: Of the King of Stark-Wall and His Queen	6 Pages
	XXXVI: Of Walter and the Maid in the Days of the Kingship	5 Pages