The Well at the World’s End (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: William Morris
- First Published: 1896
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: The Middle Ages
- Setting: A feudal world
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Love or romance, Other worlds, Heroes or heroism, Peace, Bears, Middle Ages, Quest, Longevity, Wells
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Prince Ralph, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, resolves to seek the Well at the World’s End and receives a charmed necklace. Ralph wins a kiss from a lovely damsel at Bourton Abbas. In the Wood Perilous, Ralph frees a captive maiden whom he thinks of as the Lady of the Wildwood. He encounters again the maiden of Bourton Abbas, who also seeks the Well at the World’s End.
After further adventures, Ralph takes refuge in the House of Abundance, a keep ruled, he hears, by the fair Lady of Abundance. Riding away, Ralph encounters two knights fighting over the...
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