The Wood Beyond the World

Name: The Wood Beyond the World
Author: William Morris

The Wood Beyond the World follows a young man who, disillusioned by love, embarks on a journey to a mystical land filled with strange beings and daunting trials that challenge his courage and resolve. As he navigates a world of treachery and deceit, he must confront the manipulative forces at play and seek a path to freedom.

By William Morris · First published 1894 · Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Romance · 36 chapters

Of Golden Walter and his Father
Golden Walter Takes Ship to Sail the Seas
Walter Heareth Tidings of the Death of his Father
Storm Befalls the Bartholomew, and she is Driven off her Course
Now they Come to a New Land
The Old Man Tells Walter of himself. Walter Sees a Shard in the Cliff-Wall
Walter Comes to the Shard in the Rock-Wall
Walter Wends the Waste
Walter Happeneth on the First of those Three Creatures
Walter Happeneth on Another Creature in the Strange Land
Walter Happeneth on the Mistress
The Wearing of Four Days in the Wood Beyond the World
Now is the Hunt Up
The Hunting of the Hart
The Slaying of the Quarry
Of the King's Son and the Maid
Of the House and the Pleasance in the Wood
The Maid Gives Walter Tryst
Walter Goes to Fetch Home the Lion's Hide
Walter is Bidden to Another Tryst
Walter and the Maid Flee from the Golden House
Of the Dwarf and the Pardon
Of the Peaceful Ending of that Wild Day
The Maid Tells of what had Befallen Her
Of the Triumphant Summer Array of the Maid
They Come to the Folk of the Bears
Morning Amongst the Bears
Of the New God of the Bears
Walter Strays in the Pass and is Sundered from the Maid
Now they Meet Again
They Come Upon New Folk
Of the New King of the City and Land of Stark-Wall
Concerning the Fashion of King-Making in Stark-Wall
Now Cometh the Maid to the King
Of the King of Stark-Wall and his Queen
Of Walter and the Maid in the Days of the Kingship

The Wood Beyond the World

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