Length4h 49m
About this audiobook
The Wood Beyond the World is a haunting fantasy adventure for modern listeners: William Morris’s classic tale retold in clear, contemporary language while retaining its rich atmosphere, mythic power and romance.
Walter is a young merchant whose marriage has failed, leaving him restless, humiliated and desperate. When visions of three mysterious figures taunt him, he begins an odyssey sailing to far away places full of danger, mystery and magic.
He encounters the Lady, a figure of supernatural allure; and a captive maiden whose magic, intelligence and courage are her only protection. Walter must learn whom to trust, when to yield, and how to survive when spells are cast.
It is a story of failed love and renewed hope, but also of guile, misery and death: an unsettling, dreamlike journey in which freedom and happiness must be fought for at every step.
This is a foundational, haunting fantasy romance whose imaginative influence has endured.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.7 (3.1K)
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GenreFantasy, Romance
Length4 hrs 49 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I: OF GOLDEN WALTER AND HIS FATHER
2CHAPTER II: GOLDEN WALTER TAKES SHIP TO SAIL THE SEAS
3CHAPTER III: WALTER HEARETH TIDINGS OF THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER
4CHAPTER IV: STORM BEFALLS THE BARTHOLOMEW, AND SHE IS DRIVEN OFF HER COURSE
5CHAPTER V: NOW THEY COME TO A NEW LAND
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6CHAPTER VI: THE OLD MAN TELLS WALTER OF HIMSELF. WALTER SEES A SHARD IN THE CLIFF-WALL
7CHAPTER VII: WALTER COMES TO THE SHARD IN THE ROCK-WALL
8CHAPTER VIII: WALTER WENDS THE WASTE
9CHAPTER IX: WALTER HAPPENETH ON THE FIRST OF THOSE THREE CREATURES
10CHAPTER X: WALTER HAPPENETH ON ANOTHER CREATURE IN THE STRANGE LAND
11CHAPTER XI: WALTER HAPPENETH ON THE MISTRESS
12CHAPTER XII: THE WEARING OF FOUR DAYS IN THE WOOD BEYOND THE WORLD
13CHAPTER XIII: NOW IS THE HUNT UP
14CHAPTER XIV: THE HUNTING OF THE HART
15CHAPTER XV: THE SLAYING OF THE QUARRY
16CHAPTER XVI: OF THE KING'S SON AND THE MAID
17CHAPTER XVII: OF THE HOUSE AND THE PLEASANCE IN THE WOOD
18CHAPTER XVIII: THE MAID GIVES WALTER TRYST
19CHAPTER XIX: WALTER GOES TO FETCH HOME THE LION'S HIDE
20CHAPTER XX: WALTER IS BIDDEN TO ANOTHER TRYST
21CHAPTER XXI: WALTER AND THE MAID FLEE FROM THE GOLDEN HOUSE
22CHAPTER XXII: OF THE DWARF AND THE PARDON
23CHAPTER XXIII: OF THE PEACEFUL ENDING OF THAT WILD DAY
24CHAPTER XXIV: THE MAID TELLS OF WHAT HAD BEFALLEN HER
25CHAPTER XXV: OF THE TRIUMPHANT SUMMER ARRAY OF THE MAID
26CHAPTER XXVI: THEY COME TO THE FOLK OF THE BEARS
27CHAPTER XXVII: MORNING AMONGST THE BEARS
28CHAPTER XXVIII: OF THE NEW GOD OF THE BEARS
29CHAPTER XXIX: WALTER STRAYS IN THE PASS AND IS SUNDERED FROM THE MAID
30CHAPTER XXX: NOW THEY MEET AGAIN
31CHAPTER XXXI: THEY COME UPON NEW FOLK
32CHAPTER XXXII: OF THE NEW KING OF THE CITY AND LAND OF STARK-WALL
33CHAPTER XXXIII: CONCERNING THE FASHION OF KING-MAKING IN STARK-WALL
34CHAPTER XXXIV: NOW COMETH THE MAID TO THE KING
35CHAPTER XXXV: OF THE KING OF STARK-WALL AND HIS QUEEN
36CHAPTER XXXVI: OF WALTER AND THE MAID IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGSHIP
37Endnotes
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