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The Wood Beyond the WorldWilliam Morris

The Wood Beyond the World

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Original author: William Morris

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"The Wood Beyond the World" by William Morris is a fantasy novel published in 1894. When Golden Walter flees his unfaithful wife, a mysterious vision leads him to an enchanted wood ruled by a powerful Lady. There he encounters the Maid, a captive who begs for his help to escape. As Walter becomes entangled in a web of seduction, magic, and deadly intrigue, he must choose between loyalty and love—while dark forces conspire around him in this pioneering work of modern fantasy literature.

The Wood Beyond the World, by William Morris. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #3055.

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36 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: Of Golden Walter and His Father840 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas1,161 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father1,662 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her812 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: Now They Come to a New Land1,661 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Old Man Tells Walter of Himself. Walter Sees a Shard in1,699 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: Walter Comes to the Shard in the Rock-Wall779 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Walter Wends the Waste972 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Walter Happeneth on the First of Those Three Creatures1,198 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: Walter Happeneth on Another Creature in the Strange Land3,323 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Walter Happeneth on the Mistress1,126 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: The Wearing of Four Days in the Wood Beyond the World2,187 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Now Is the Hunt Up1,972 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Hunting of the Hart1,494 words
  15. 15.Chapter XV: The Slaying of the Quarry1,186 words
  16. 16.Chapter XVI: Of the King's Son and the Maid1,595 words
  17. 17.Chapter XVII: Of the House and the Pleasance in the Wood1,405 words
  18. 18.Chapter XVIII: The Maid Gives Walter Tryst727 words
  1. 19.Chapter XIX: Walter Goes to Fetch Home the Lion's Hide1,778 words
  2. 20.Chapter XX: Walter Is Bidden to Another Tryst1,339 words
  3. 21.Chapter XXI: Walter and the Maid Flee From the Golden House796 words
  4. 22.Chapter XXII: Of the Dwarf and the Pardon1,325 words
  5. 23.Chapter XXIII: Of the Peaceful Ending of That Wild Day856 words
  6. 24.Chapter XXIV: The Maid Tells of What Had Befallen Her3,742 words
  7. 25.Chapter XXV: Of the Triumphant Summer Array of the Maid1,299 words
  8. 26.Chapter XXVI: They Come to the Folk of the Bears1,567 words
  9. 27.Chapter XXVII: Morning Amongst the Bears807 words
  10. 28.Chapter XXVIII: Of the New God of the Bears1,909 words
  11. 29.Chapter XXIX: Walter Strays in the Pass and Is Sundered From the Maid892 words
  12. 30.Chapter XXX: Now They Meet Again1,614 words
  13. 31.Chapter XXXI: They Come Upon New Folk920 words
  14. 32.Chapter XXXII: Of the New King of the City and Land of Stark-Wall860 words
  15. 33.Chapter XXXIII: Concerning the Fashion of King-Making in Stark-Wall560 words
  16. 34.Chapter XXXIV: Now Cometh the Maid to the King474 words
  17. 35.Chapter XXXV: Of the King of Stark-Wall and His Queen1,243 words
  18. 36.Chapter XXXVI: Of Walter and the Maid in the Days of the Kingship1,191 words