The Wood Beyond the World

A source of inspiration for the modern fantasy genre. A major influence on many writers of fantasy fiction, including C.S. Lewis (Narnia) and J.R.R. Tolkein (The Lord of the Rings). With a new introduction by Ebenezer DuLally Uvney<br/><br/>William Morris (1834-1896) is best known as a designer of fabrics, wallpaper, tapestries, furniture, and stained glass windows. He was also a poet, artist, novelist, architectural conservationist, printer, translator and socialist activist, in fact one of the most culturally significant figures of Victorian Britain.<br/>The Wood Beyond the World was published in 1894, towards the end of Morris’s life. It tells of Walter, who, tired of his mundane life and sickened by his wife’s infidelity, sets out to explore the wide world and to find magic, adventure and romance.<br/><br/>Titles by William Morris, published by orrydian and available on Amazon:<br/>The Wood Beyond the World, ISBN 979-8353029618<br/>News from Nowhere, ISBN 979-8353189534<br/>The Sundering Flood, ISBN 979-8353615446<br/>The Well at the World’s End, ISBN 979-8449673756<br/>The Story of the Glittering Plain, ISBN 979-8320885957<br/><br/>www.orrydian.co.uk