The House of the Wolfings
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and all the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in VerseBy Wliiam MorrisRecorded TrackLength8h 33m
About this audiobook
The House of the Wolfings is William Morris’s mythic story of a Germanic forest people resisting Roman conquest. At its heart is Thiodolf, the Wolfings’ great war‑leader, bound in love and fate to two mysterious women: the Hall‑Sun, seer and spiritual centre of the Wolfing House, whose visions guide the Wolfings’ destiny; and the Wood‑Sun, a godlike immortal whose dwarf‑wrought hauberk both shields and curses her mortal beloved. Around these intertwined destinies the book weaves battle, prophecy, and sacrifice in a world where kinship and honour matter more than anything.
In this edition the language has been gently modernised and adapted for audiobook enjoyment, preserving Morris’s old‑world cadence while making the story’s voices, poetry and rhythms clearer and more immediate to contemporary listeners, ideal for immersive listening.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics, Fairy Tales and Folklore
Length8 hrs 33 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 29, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 — The Dwellings of the Mid-mark
17Chapter XVII — The Wood-Sun Speaks with Thiodolf
2Chapter II — The Flitting of the War-Arrow
18Chapter XVIII — Tidings Brought to the Wain-burg
3Chapter III — Thiodolf Talks with the Wood-Sun
19Chapter XIX — Those Messengers Come to Thiodolf
4Chapter IV — The House Goes to War
20Chapter XX — Otter and His Folk Come into Mid-mark
5Chapter V — Concerning the Hall-Sun
21Chapter XXI — They Bicker About the Ford
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6Chapter VI — They Talk on the Way to the Folk-Thing
22Chapter XXII — Otter Falls On Against His Will
7Chapter VII — They Gather to the Folk-Mote
23Chapter XXIII — Thiodolf Meets the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow
8Chapter VIII — The Folk-mote of the Markmen
24Chapter XXIV — The Goths Are Overthrown by the Romans
9Chapter IX — The Ancient Man of the Daylings
25Chapter XXV — The Host of the Markmen Cometh into the Wild-wood
10Chapter X — That Carline Comes to the Roof of the Wolfings
26Chapter XXVI — Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun
11Chapter XI — The Hall-Sun Speaks
27Chapter XXVII — They Wend to the Morning Battle
12Chapter XII — Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood
28Chapter XXVIII — Of the Storm of Dawning
13Chapter XIII — The Hall-Sun Says Another Word
29Chapter XXIX — Of Thiodolf’s Storm
14Chapter XIV — The Hall-Sun Is Careful Concerning the Passes of the Wood
30Chapter XXX — Thiodolf Is Borne Out of the Hall and Otter Is Laid Beside Him
15Chapter XV — They Hear Tell of the Battle on the Ridge
31Chapter XXXI — Old Asmund Speaketh over the War‑dukes: The Dead Are Laid in Mound
16Chapter XVI — How the Dwarf-wrought Hauberk Was Brought Away from the Hall of the Daylings
32Chapter 32
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