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The Wood Beyond the World
Chapters (36)
- I: Of Golden Walter and His Father 0:00
- II: Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas 5:25
- III: Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of His Father 12:34
- IV: Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and She Is Driven Off Her Course 23:16
- V: Now They Come to a New Land 28:24
- VI: The Old Man Tells Walter of Himself. Walter Sees a Shard in the Cliff-Wall 38:46
- VII: Walter Comes to the Shard in the Rock-Wall 50:28
- VIII: Walter Wends the Waste 55:15
- IX: Walter Happeneth on the First of Those Three Creatures 1:01:17
- X: Walter Happeneth on Another Creature in the Strange Land 1:09:11
- XI: Walter Happeneth on the Mistress 1:30:35
- XII: The Wearing of Four Days in the Wood Beyond the World 1:37:55
- XIII: Now Is the Hunt Up 1:52:16
- XIV: The Hunting of the Hart 2:04:53
- XV: The Slaying of the Quarry 2:14:37
- XVI: Of the King’s Son and the Maid 2:22:15
- XVII: Of the House and the Pleasance in the Wood 2:32:41
- XVIII: The Maid Gives Walter Tryst 2:41:46
- XIX: Walter Goes to Fetch Home the Lion’s Hide 2:46:33
- XX: Walter Is Bidden to Another Tryst 2:58:21
- XXI: Walter and the Maid Flee from the Golden House 3:06:59
- XXII: Of the Dwarf and the Pardon 3:12:18
- XXIII: Of the Peaceful Ending of That Wild Day 3:20:54
- XXIV: The Maid Tells of What Had Befallen Her 3:26:33
- XXV: Of the Triumphant Summer Array of the Maid 3:51:02
- XXVI: They Come to the Folk of the Bears 3:59:38
- XXVII: Morning Amongst the Bears 4:09:47
- XXVIII: Of the New God of the Bears 4:15:01
- XXIX: Walter Strays in the Pass and Is Sundered from the Maid 4:27:04
- XXX: Now They Meet Again 4:32:41
- XXXI: They Come Upon New Folk 4:43:39
- XXXII: Of the New King of the City and Land of Stark-Wall 4:49:34
- XXXIII: Concerning the Fashion of King-Making in Stark-Wall 4:55:07
- XXXIV: Now Cometh the Maid to the King 4:58:40
- XXXV: Of the King of Stark-Wall and His Queen 5:01:48
- XXXVI: Of Walter and the Maid in the Days of the Kingship 5:09:46
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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.