The Sundering Flood (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Morris
- First Published: 1897
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: About 1000
- Setting: Northern Europe
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Love or romance, Europe or Europeans, Rivers or waterways, Heroes or heroism, Dwarfs, Elves, Eleventh century
- Locales: Europe
The Plot
The Sundering Flood combines a heroic fantasy plot with a story of sundered lovers brought back together. It is the tale of Osberne Wulfgrimsson, who at the age of thirteen meets two people who will be key figures in his life. Steelhead gives him strength beyond his years and helps him acquire the wisdom to use it wisely, and he falls in love with Elfhild. The two lovers live on opposite sides of the Sundering Flood, a river that rages so forcefully that no one for miles in either direction has ever crossed it.
The lovers abide by this physical separation...
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