Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road Unto Love
William Morris
Play
Length 5 h
Chapters 24
First published 1896
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)
Chapters
1
01 - The Sundering of the Ways Read by BumbleVee 12:57
2
02 - Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House Read by BumbleVee 2:44
3
03 - Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town Read by BumbleVee 19:59
4
04 - Ralph Rideth the Downs Read by BumbleVee 11:37
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05 - Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way Read by BumbleVee 19:00
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06 - Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham Read by BumbleVee 8:21
7
07 - The Maiden of Bourton Abbas Read by BumbleVee 11:04
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08 - Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein Read by BumbleVee 8:40
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09 - Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous Read by BumbleVee 12:33
10
10 - A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous Read by BumbleVee 6:45
11
11 - Now Must Ralph Ride For It Read by BumbleVee 13:33
12
12 - Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths Read by BumbleVee 16:12
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13 - The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths Read by MaryA 13:51
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14 - What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths Read by MaryA 17:41
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15 - How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths Read by MaryA 14:34
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16 - Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again Read by Mike Pelton 8:20
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17 - Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance Read by Michael Harrison 9:08
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18 - Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance Read by genierose 24:09
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19 - Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End Read by Cori Samuel 3:41
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20 - Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood Read by Grace 13:20
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21 - Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily Read by Grace 8:29
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22 - An Adventure in the Wood Read by Grace 19:43
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23 - The Leechcraft of the Lady Read by Grace 9:57
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24 - Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall Read by Patti Cunningham 13:38
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