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The Water of the Wondrous Isles

William Morris

BOOK TYPE
Literature
READING TIME
About 12.3 hours
WORDS
147,481
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About this book

A beautiful woman escapes a life of servitude under an evil witch to adventure through a series of magical islands.

Fantasy

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. The First Part: Of the House of Captivity
    1. I: Catch at Utterhay
    2. II: Now Shall Be Told of the House by the Waterside
    3. III: Of Skin-Changing
    4. IV: Of the Waxing of the Stolen Child
    5. V: Of Birdalone, and How She Is Grown Into Maidenhood
    6. VI: Herein Is Told of Birdalone’s Raiment
    7. VII: Birdalone Hath an Adventure in the Wood
    8. VIII: Of Birdalone and the Witch-Wife
    9. IX: Of Birdalone’s Swimming
    10. X: Birdalone Comes on New Tidings
    11. XI: Of Birdalone’s Guilt and the Chastisement Thereof
    12. XII: The Words of the Witch-Wife to Birdalone
    13. XIII: Birdalone Meeteth the Wood-Woman Again
    14. XIV: Of Birdalone’s Fishing
    15. XV: Birdalone Weareth Her Serpent-Ring
    16. XVI: Birdalone Meeteth Habundia Again; and Learneth Her First Wisdom of Her
    17. XVII: The Passing of the Year Into Winter
    18. XVIII: Of Spring-Tide and the Mind of Birdalone
    19. XIX: They Bid Farewell, Birdalone and the Wood-Mother
    20. XX: Of Birdalone and the Sending Boat
  4. The Second Part: Of the Wondrous Isles
    1. I: The First Isle
    2. II: Birdalone Falleth in with New Friends
    3. III: Birdalone Is Brought Before the Witch-Wife’s Sister
    4. IV: Of the Witch’s Prison in the Wailing-Tower
    5. V: They Feast in the Witch’s Prison
    6. VI: Atra Tells of How They Three Came Unto the Isle of Increase Unsought
    7. VII: The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out of the Witch’s Prison
    8. VIII: In What Wise Birdalone Was Clad, and How She Went Her Ways from the Isle of Increase Unsought
    9. IX: How Birdalone Came to the Isle of the Young and the Old
    10. X: Birdalone Comes to the Isle of the Queens
    11. XI: And Now She Comes to the Isle of the Kings
    12. XII: Of Birdalone, How She Came Unto the Isle of Nothing
  5. The Third Part: Of the Castle of the Quest
    1. I: Birdalone Comes to the Castle of the Quest
    2. II: Of Birdalone, and How She Rested the Night Through in a Bower Without the Castle of the Quest
    3. III: How Birdalone Dight Her for Meeting the Champions of the Quest
    4. IV: And Now She Meets the Champions
    5. V: Birdalone Has True Tokens from the Champions of the Quest
    6. VI: How the Champions Would Do Birdalone to Be Clad Anew in the Castle of the Quest
    7. VII: Of Birdalone, How She Told the Champions All Her Tale
    8. VIII: In the Meanwhile of the Departing of the Champions, They Would Pleasure Birdalone with Feats of Arms and Games of Prowess
    9. IX: Birdalone Cometh Before the Champions in Her New Array
    10. X: The Champions Go Their Ways in the Sending Boat
  6. The Fourth Part: Of the Days of Abiding
    1. I: Of Birdalone’s Grief; and of Leonard the Chaplain
    2. II: Birdalone Learneth Lore of the Priest. Ten Days of Waiting Wear
    3. III: Now Would Birdalone Ride Abroad
    4. IV: Of Birdalone’s Faring Abroad
    5. V: Sir Aymeris Showeth Birdalone the Mountains Afar Off
    6. VI: Birdalone Heareth Tell Tales of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
    7. VII: Birdalone Beguileth the Priest to Help Her to Outgoing
    8. VIII: Birdalone Fares on Her Adventure
    9. IX: Birdalone Comes to the Black Valley
    10. X: How Birdalone Fell in with a Man in the Black Valley of the Greywethers
    11. XI: Birdalone Is Led Up the Black Valley
    12. XII: How Those Twain Get Them from Out of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
    13. XIII: Now They Rest for the Night in the Strait Pass
    14. XIV: The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself
    15. XV: The Black Knight Brings Birdalone to the Bower in the Dale
    16. XVI: Yet a Day and a Night They Tarry in the Dale
  7. The Fifth Part: The Tale of the Quest’s Ending
    1. I: Of Sir Leonard’s Trouble and the Coming of the Quest
    2. II: Now Ask They of Birdalone, and Sir Leonard Speaks
    3. III: How They Follow the Slot of Birdalone and the Black Knight
    4. IV: Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe
    5. V: They Come Home to the Castle of the Quest
    6. VI: Of the Talk Betwixt Birdalone and Viridis
    7. VII: Birdalone Telleth the Tale of Her Wandering Up the Valley of the Greywethers
    8. VIII: Atra and Birdalone Talk Together While the Lords Sit at the Murder-Council
    9. IX: Hugh Tells the Story of the Quest’s Ending
    10. X: How It Fared with the Three Ladies After the Escape of Birdalone
    11. XI: Birdalone and the Black Squire Talk Together in the Hall of the Castle
    12. XII: The Knights and Their Fellows Betake Them to the Assaulting of the Red Hold
    13. XIII: Birdalone Bethinks Her to Fulfil the Promise Made Unto Atra
    14. XIV: Birdalone Leaves the Castle of the Quest
  8. The Sixth Part: The Days of Absence
    1. I: Birdalone Rides to Greenford and There Takes Leave of Arnold and His Men
    2. II: Of Birdalone and Her Fellowship, Their Faring Over the Downland
    3. III: They Come to the City of the Five Crafts, and Birdalone Meets with the Poor-Wife
    4. IV: Of the Love of Gerard’s Sons and of Jacobus for Birdalone
    5. V: Of the Death of Audrey, Mother to Birdalone. She Is Warned in a Dream to Seek the Black Squire, and Is Minded to Depart the City of the Five Crafts, and Seek Again the Castle of the Quest
    6. VI: Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons
    7. VII: Birdalone Cometh to Greenford, and Hears of the Wasting of the Castle of the Quest
    8. VIII: Birdalone Cometh to the Castle of the Quest, Heareth the Tale Thereof from Leonard, and Departeth Thence by the Sending Boat
    9. IX: Birdalone Findeth the Isle of Nothing Greatly Bettered, and Is Kindly Entreated There
    10. X: Of Birdalone’s Flitting from the Isle of Nothing
    11. XI: Coming to the Isle of Kings Birdalone Findeth There a Score and Two of Fair Damsels Who Would Fain Have Her Company
    12. XII: Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein
    13. XIII: Coming to the Isle of the Young and the Old, Birdalone Findeth It Peopled with Children
    14. XIV: The Sending Boat Disappeareth from the Isle of Increase Unsought, and Birdalone Seeketh to Escape Thence by Swimming
    15. XV: Birdalone Lacketh Little of Drowning, but Cometh Latterly to the Green Eyot
    16. XVI: Birdalone Findeth Her Witch-Mistress Dead
    17. XVII: Birdalone Layeth to Earth the Body of the Witch, and Findeth the Sending Boat Broken Up
    18. XVIII: The Wood-Mother Cometh to Birdalone and Heareth Her Story
    19. XIX: Habundia Hideth Birdalone’s Nakedness with Faery Raiment
    20. XX: Birdalone Telleth Habundia of Her Love for Arthur, and Getteth from Her Promise of Help Therein
    21. XXI: How the Wood-Wife Entered the Cot, and a Wonder That Befell Thereon
    22. XXII: Birdalone Wendeth the Wildwood in Fellowship with Habundia
    23. XXIII: The Wood-Wife Bringeth Birdalone to the Sight of Arthur in the Wildwood
    24. XXIV: The Wood-Mother Changeth Her Form to That of a Woman Stricken in Years
    25. XXV: The Wood-Wife Healeth and Tendeth the Black Squire
    26. XXVI: The Black Squire Telleth the Wood-Wife of His Doings Since Birdalone Went from the Castle of the Quest
    27. XXVII: Sir Arthur Cometh to the House Under the Wood
    28. XXVIII: Fair Days in the House of Love
    29. XXIX: Those Twain Will Seek the Wisdom of the Wood-Wife
    30. XXX: They Have Speech with Habundia Concerning the Green Knight and His Fellows
    31. XXXI: Habundia Cometh with Tidings of Those Dear Friends
    32. XXXII: Of the Fight in the Forest and the Rescue of Those Friends from the Men of the Red Company
    33. XXXIII: Viridis Telleth the Tale of Their Seeking
  9. The Seventh Part: The Days of Returning
    1. I: Sir Hugh Asketh Birdalone Where She Would Have the Abode of Their Fellowship to Be
    2. II: Birdalone Taketh Counsel with Her Wood-Mother Concerning the Matter of Sir Hugh
    3. III: Of the Journeying Through the Forest of Evilshaw Unto the Town of Utterhay
    4. IV: Of the Abiding in Utterhay in Love and Contentment
  10. Colophon
  11. Uncopyright

Edition & source

This edition was prepared by Standard Ebooks. The original EPUB, typography, credits, imprint, colophon and copyright information are retained.

SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2020-04-05
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • William Morris (aut)
  • Arnold Böcklin (art)
  • David Price (trc)
  • Alex Cabal (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
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