The Well at the World's End

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  • The
  • Well
  • at
  • the
  • World's
  • End
  • is
  • a
  • high
  • fantasy
  • novel
  • by
  • the
  • British
  • artist,
  • poet,
  • and
  • author
  • William
  • Morris.
  • It
  • was
  • first
  • published
  • in
  • 1896
  • and
  • has
  • been
  • reprinted
  • a
  • number
  • of
  • times
  • since,
  • most
  • notably
  • in
  • two
  • parts
  • as
  • the
  • 20th
  • and
  • 21st
  • volumes
  • of
  • the
  • Ballantine
  • Adult
  • Fantasy
  • series,
  • in
  • August
  • and
  • September
  • 1970.
  • It
  • is
  • also
  • available
  • in
  • one
  • volume
  • along
  • with
  • a
  • similar
  • Morris
  • tale,
  • The
  • Wood
  • Beyond
  • the
  • World
  • (1894),
  • in
  • On
  • the
  • Lines
  • of
  • Morris'
  • Romances:
  • Two
  • Books
  • that
  • Inspired
  • J.
  • R.
  • R.
  • Tolkien.
  • Using
  • language
  • with
  • elements
  • of
  • the
  • medieval
  • tales
  • which
  • were
  • his
  • models,
  • Morris
  • tells
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • Peter,
  • King
  • of
  • Upmeads,
  • and
  • his
  • four
  • sons,
  • Blaise,
  • Hugh,
  • Gregory,
  • and
  • Ralph.
  • These
  • four
  • sons
  • decide
  • one
  • day
  • that
  • they
  • would
  • like
  • to
  • explore
  • the
  • world,
  • so
  • their
  • father
  • gives
  • them
  • permission.
  • From
  • that
  • point
  • on,
  • the
  • plot
  • centers
  • on
  • the
  • youngest
  • son,
  • Ralph.
  • Ralph's
  • explorations
  • begin
  • at
  • Bourton
  • Abbas,
  • after
  • which
  • he
  • goes
  • through
  • the
  • Wood
  • Perilous.
  • He
  • has
  • various
  • adventures
  • there,
  • including
  • the
  • slaying
  • of
  • two
  • men
  • who
  • had
  • entrapped
  • a
  • woman.
  • That
  • woman
  • later
  • turns
  • out
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • Lady
  • of
  • Abundance,
  • who
  • later
  • becomes
  • his
  • lover
  • for
  • a
  • short time.
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