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The Water of the Wondrous Isles. [1897] Contents Start Reading Text [Zipped] This fantasy novel by William Morris is one of the first to have a central female character. The heroine, Birdalone, abducted and raised by a witch in the wood of Evilshaw, escapes her captivity with the assistance of a good witch. Habundia.
The Water of the Wondrous Isles. The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a landmark in fantasy fiction. First published a year after Morris¿s death in 1897 by Kelmscott Press¿Morris¿s own printing company¿the novel follows Birdalone, a young girl who is stolen as a baby by a witch who takes her to serve in the woods of Evilshaw.
18. Dez. 2006 · The water of the wondrous isles by Morris, William, 1834-1896. Publication date 1914 Publisher London : Longmans, Green Collection kellylibrary; toronto Contributor Kelly - University of Toronto Language English Volume 2. 31 Addeddate 200 ...
29. Mai 2016 · The copy of The Water of the Wondrous Isles recently acquired by the Graphic Arts Collection was once owned by Sydney Ansell Gimson (1860-1938), with a bookplate on the front pastedown designed by his brother Ernest Gimson (1864-1919). Primarily a furniture and wallpaper designer, Ernest was an early member of the Art-Workers’ Guild and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
SIZE. 390.4. KB. The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel by William Morris. Stolen as a child and raised in the wood of Evilshaw as servant to a witch, Birdalone ultimately escapes in her captress's magical boat, in which she travels to a succession of strange and wonderful islands. Among these is the Isl….
THE SECOND PART: OF THE WONDROUS ISLES. The First Isle; Birdalone Falleth in with New Friends; Birdalone is Brought Before the Witch-Wife’s Sister; Of the Witch’s Prison in the Wailing-Tower; They Feast in the Witch’s Prison; Atra Tells of How They Three Came Unto the Isle of Increase Unsought; The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out of the ...
I know what scares thee, to wit, that thou deemest me changed: now I tell thee that I am the one who brought thee here last night, and fed thee; neither is my changing a matter of thine, since at least I am the one who shall keep thee from hunger and weather henceforward; that is enough for thee to know as now.
