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Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road Unto Love

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Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road Unto Love

by William Morris

English· 4:59:56· 24 chapters
The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced later fantasy writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book follows the travels of Ralph, a prince of a tiny country, as he disobeys his fathers wishes and runs away from home to adventure in the world, and seek out the fabled Well at World's End, said to grant eternal youth to those who drink from it. (Summary by BumbleVee)
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    01 - The Sundering of the Ways

    12:57
  2. Chapter 2

    02 - Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House

    02:44
  3. Chapter 3

    03 - Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town

    19:59
  4. Chapter 4

    04 - Ralph Rideth the Downs

    11:37
  5. Chapter 5

    05 - Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way

    19:00
  6. Chapter 6

    06 - Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham

    08:21
  7. Chapter 7

    07 - The Maiden of Bourton Abbas

    11:04
  8. Chapter 8

    08 - Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein

    08:40
  9. Chapter 9

    09 - Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous

    12:33
  10. Chapter 10

    10 - A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous

    06:45
  11. Chapter 11

    11 - Now Must Ralph Ride For It

    13:33
  12. Chapter 12

    12 - Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths

    16:12
  13. Chapter 13

    13 - The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths

    13:51
  14. Chapter 14

    14 - What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths

    17:41
  15. Chapter 15

    15 - How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths

    14:34
  16. Chapter 16

    16 - Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again

    08:20
  17. Chapter 17

    17 - Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance

    09:08
  18. Chapter 18

    18 - Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance

    24:09
  19. Chapter 19

    19 - Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End

    03:41
  20. Chapter 20

    20 - Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood

    13:20
  21. Chapter 21

    21 - Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily

    08:29
  22. Chapter 22

    22 - An Adventure in the Wood

    19:43
  23. Chapter 23

    23 - The Leechcraft of the Lady

    09:57
  24. Chapter 24

    24 - Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall

    13:38