The Well at the World's End: A Tale
By William Morris
Length21h 26m
About this audiobook
"The Well at the World's End: A Tale" by William Morris is a fantastical adventure tale from the Victorian era. The book follows the journey of a young prince, Ralph, who leaves his royal home in search of a legendary well thought to grant eternal youth and wisdom. His quest takes him through diverse lands filled with many characters - good, evil, and everything in between - and numerous challenges. In the end, Ralph's journey becomes as much about personal growth and understanding as it is about finding the mythical well.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (5)
GenreFantasy
Length21 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 1, 1896
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Book One: The Road Unto Love
63Chapter 37: How Ralph Justed With the Aliens
2Chapter 1: The Sundering of the Ways
64Chapter 38: A Friend Gives Ralph Warning
3Chapter 2: Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House
65Chapter 39: The Lord of Utterbol Makes Ralph a Free Man
4Chapter 3: Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town
66Chapter 40: They Ride Toward Utterness From Out of Vale Turris
5Chapter 4: Ralph Rideth the Downs
67Chapter 41: Redhead Keeps Tryst
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6Chapter 5: Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way
68Book Three: The Road To The Well At World's End.
7Chapter 6: Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham
69Chapter 1: An Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountains
8Chapter 7: The Maiden of Bourton Abbas
70Chapter 2: Ralph Rides the Wood Under the Mountains
9Chapter 8: Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein
71Chapter 3: Ralph Meeteth With Another Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountain
10Chapter 9: Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous
72Chapter 4: They Ride the Wood Under the Mountains
11Chapter 10: A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous
73Chapter 5: They Come on the Sage of Swevenham
12Chapter 11: Now Must Ralph Ride For It
74Chapter 6: Those Two Are Learned Lore by the Sage of Swevenham
13Chapter 12: Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths
75Chapter 7: An Adventure by the Way
14Chapter 13: The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths
76Chapter 8: They Come to the Sea of Molten Rocks
15Chapter 14: What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths
77Chapter 9: They Come Forth From the Rock-Sea
16Chapter 15: How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths
78Chapter 10: They Come to the Gate of the Mountains
17Chapter 16: Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again
79Chapter 11: They Come to the Vale of Sweet Chestnuts
18Chapter 17: Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance
80Chapter 12: Winter Amidst of the Mountains
19Chapter 18: Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance
81Chapter 13: Of Ursula and the Bear
20Chapter 19: Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End
82Chapter 14: Now Come the Messengers of the Innocent Folk
21Chapter 20: Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood
83Chapter 15: They Come to the Land of the Innocent Folk
22Chapter 21: Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily
84Chapter 16: They Come to the House of the Sorceress
23Chapter 22: An Adventure in the Wood
85Chapter 17: They Come Through the Woodland to the Thirsty Desert
24Chapter 23: The Leechcraft of the Lady
86Chapter 18: They Come to the Dry Tree
25Chapter 24: Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall
87Chapter 19: They Come Out of the Thirsty Desert
26Book Two: The Road Unto Trouble
88Chapter 20: They Come to the Ocean Sea
27Chapter 1: Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness
89Chapter 21: Now They Drink of the Well at the World's End
28Chapter 2: They Break Their Fast in the Wildwood
90Chapter 22: Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad
29Chapter 3: The Lady Telleth Ralph of the Past Days of Her Life
91Book Four: The Road Home
30Chapter 4: The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance
92Chapter 1: Ralph and Ursula Come Back Again Through the Great Mountains
31Chapter 5: Yet More of the Lady's Story
93Chapter 2: They Hear New Tidings of Utterbol
32Chapter 6: The Lady Tells Somewhat of Her Doings After She Left the Wilderness
94Chapter 3: They Winter With the Sage; and Thereafter Come Again to Vale Turris
33Chapter 7: The Lady Tells of the Strife and Trouble That Befell After Her Coming to the Country of the King's Son
95Chapter 4: A Feast in the Red Pavilion
34Chapter 8: The Lady Maketh an End of Her Tale
96Chapter 5: Bull Telleth of His Winning of the Lordship of Utterbol
35Chapter 9: They Go On Their Way Once More
97Chapter 6: They Ride From Vale Turris. Redhead Tells of Agatha
36Chapter 10: Of the Desert-House and the Chamber of Love in the Wilderness
98Chapter 7: Of Their Riding the Waste, and of a Battle Thereon
37Chapter 11: Ralph Cometh Out of the Wilderness
99Chapter 8: Of Goldburg Again, and the Queen Thereof
38Chapter 12: Ralph Falleth in With Friends and Rideth to Whitwall
100Chapter 9: They Come to Cheaping Knowe Once More. Of the King Thereof
39Chapter 13: Richard Talketh With Ralph Concerning the Well at the World's End. Concerning Swevenham
101Chapter 10: An Adventure on the Way to the Mountains
40Chapter 14: Ralph Falleth in With Another Old Friend
102Chapter 11: They Come Through the Mountains Into the Plain
41Chapter 15: Ralph Dreams a Dream Or Sees a Vision
103Chapter 12: The Roads Sunder Again
42Chapter 16: Of the Tales of Swevenham
104Chapter 13: They Come to Whitwall Again
43Chapter 17: Richard Bringeth Tidings of Departing
105Chapter 14: They Ride Away From Whitwall
44Chapter 18: Ralph Departeth From Whitwall With the Fellowship of Clement Chapman
106Chapter 15: A Strange Meeting in the Wilderness
45Chapter 19: Master Clement Tells Ralph Concerning the Lands Whereunto They Were Riding
107Chapter 16: They Come to the Castle of Abundance Once More
46Chapter 20: They Come to the Mid-Mountain Guest-House
108Chapter 17: They Fall in With That Hermit
47Chapter 21: A Battle in the Mountains
109Chapter 18: A Change of Days in the Burg of the Four Friths
48Chapter 22: Ralph Talks With Bull Shockhead
110Chapter 19: Ralph Sees Hampton and the Scaur
49Chapter 23: Of the Town of Cheaping Knowe
111Chapter 20: They Come to the Gate of Higham By the Way
50Chapter 24: Ralph Heareth More Tidings of the Damsel
112Chapter 21: Talk Between Those Two Brethren
51Chapter 25: The Fellowship Comes to Whiteness
113Chapter 22: An Old Acquaintance Comes From the Down Country to See Ralph
52Chapter 26: They Ride the Mountains Toward Goldburg
114Chapter 23: They Ride to Bear Castle
53Chapter 27: Clement Tells of Goldburg
115Chapter 24: The Folkmote of the Shepherds
54Chapter 28: Now They Come to Goldburg
116Chapter 25: They Come to Wulstead
55Chapter 29: Of Goldburg and the Queen Thereof
117Chapter 26: Ralph Sees His Father and Mother Again
56Chapter 30: Ralph Hath Hope of Tidings Concerning the Well at the World's End
118Chapter 27: Ralph Holds Converse With Katherine His Gossip
57Chapter 31: The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol
119Chapter 28: Dame Katherine Tells of the Pair of Beads, and Whence She Had Them
58Chapter 32: Ralph Happens on Evil Days
120Chapter 29: They Go Down to Battle in Upmeads
59Chapter 33: Ralph is Brought on the Road Towards Utterbol
121Chapter 30: Ralph Brings His Father and Mother to Upmeads
60Chapter 34: The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy
122Chapter 31: Ralph Brings Ursula Home to the High House
61Chapter 35: Ralph Cometh To the Vale of the Tower
123Chapter 32: Yet a Few Words Concerning Ralph of Upmeads
62Chapter 36: The Talk of Two Women Concerning Ralph
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