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The Water of the Wondrous Isles

William Morris

Novelsabout 15 hours of listening

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

Contents

  1. Imprint
  2. The First Part: Of the House of Captivity
  3. I: Catch at Utterhay
  4. II: Now Shall Be Told of the House by the Waterside
  5. III: Of Skin-Changing
  6. IV: Of the Waxing of the Stolen Child
  7. V: Of Birdalone, and How She Is Grown Into Maidenhood
  8. VI: Herein Is Told of Birdalone’s Raiment
  9. VII: Birdalone Hath an Adventure in the Wood
  10. VIII: Of Birdalone and the Witch-Wife
  11. IX: Of Birdalone’s Swimming
  12. X: Birdalone Comes on New Tidings
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  1. XI: Of Birdalone’s Guilt and the Chastisement Thereof
  2. XII: The Words of the Witch-Wife to Birdalone
  3. XIII: Birdalone Meeteth the Wood-Woman Again
  4. XIV: Of Birdalone’s Fishing
  5. XV: Birdalone Weareth Her Serpent-Ring
  6. XVI: Birdalone Meeteth Habundia Again; and Learneth Her First Wisdom of Her
  7. XVII: The Passing of the Year Into Winter
  8. XVIII: Of Spring-Tide and the Mind of Birdalone
  9. XIX: They Bid Farewell, Birdalone and the Wood-Mother
  10. XX: Of Birdalone and the Sending Boat
  11. The Second Part: Of the Wondrous Isles
  12. I: The First Isle
  13. II: Birdalone Falleth in with New Friends
  14. III: Birdalone Is Brought Before the Witch-Wife’s Sister
  15. IV: Of the Witch’s Prison in the Wailing-Tower
  16. V: They Feast in the Witch’s Prison
  17. VI: Atra Tells of How They Three Came Unto the Isle of Increase Unsought
  18. VII: The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out of the Witch’s Prison
  19. VIII: In What Wise Birdalone Was Clad, and How She Went Her Ways from the Isle of Increase Unsought
  20. IX: How Birdalone Came to the Isle of the Young and the Old
  21. X: Birdalone Comes to the Isle of the Queens
  22. XI: And Now She Comes to the Isle of the Kings
  23. XII: Of Birdalone, How She Came Unto the Isle of Nothing
  24. The Third Part: Of the Castle of the Quest
  25. I: Birdalone Comes to the Castle of the Quest
  26. II: Of Birdalone, and How She Rested the Night Through in a Bower Without the Castle of the Quest
  27. III: How Birdalone Dight Her for Meeting the Champions of the Quest
  28. IV: And Now She Meets the Champions
  29. V: Birdalone Has True Tokens from the Champions of the Quest
  30. VI: How the Champions Would Do Birdalone to Be Clad Anew in the Castle of the Quest
  31. VII: Of Birdalone, How She Told the Champions All Her Tale
  32. VIII: In the Meanwhile of the Departing of the Champions, They Would Pleasure Birdalone with Feats of Arms and Games of Prowess
  33. IX: Birdalone Cometh Before the Champions in Her New Array
  34. X: The Champions Go Their Ways in the Sending Boat
  35. The Fourth Part: Of the Days of Abiding
  36. I: Of Birdalone’s Grief; and of Leonard the Chaplain
  37. II: Birdalone Learneth Lore of the Priest. Ten Days of Waiting Wear
  38. III: Now Would Birdalone Ride Abroad
  39. IV: Of Birdalone’s Faring Abroad
  40. V: Sir Aymeris Showeth Birdalone the Mountains Afar Off
  41. VI: Birdalone Heareth Tell Tales of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
  42. VII: Birdalone Beguileth the Priest to Help Her to Outgoing
  43. VIII: Birdalone Fares on Her Adventure
  44. IX: Birdalone Comes to the Black Valley
  45. X: How Birdalone Fell in with a Man in the Black Valley of the Greywethers
  46. XI: Birdalone Is Led Up the Black Valley
  47. XII: How Those Twain Get Them from Out of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
  48. XIII: Now They Rest for the Night in the Strait Pass
  49. XIV: The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself
  50. XV: The Black Knight Brings Birdalone to the Bower in the Dale
  51. XVI: Yet a Day and a Night They Tarry in the Dale
  52. The Fifth Part: The Tale of the Quest’s Ending
  53. I: Of Sir Leonard’s Trouble and the Coming of the Quest
  54. II: Now Ask They of Birdalone, and Sir Leonard Speaks
  55. III: How They Follow the Slot of Birdalone and the Black Knight
  56. IV: Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe
  57. V: They Come Home to the Castle of the Quest
  58. VI: Of the Talk Betwixt Birdalone and Viridis
  59. VII: Birdalone Telleth the Tale of Her Wandering Up the Valley of the Greywethers
  60. VIII: Atra and Birdalone Talk Together While the Lords Sit at the Murder-Council
  61. IX: Hugh Tells the Story of the Quest’s Ending
  62. X: How It Fared with the Three Ladies After the Escape of Birdalone
  63. XI: Birdalone and the Black Squire Talk Together in the Hall of the Castle
  64. XII: The Knights and Their Fellows Betake Them to the Assaulting of the Red Hold
  65. XIII: Birdalone Bethinks Her to Fulfil the Promise Made Unto Atra
  66. XIV: Birdalone Leaves the Castle of the Quest
  67. The Sixth Part: The Days of Absence
  68. I: Birdalone Rides to Greenford and There Takes Leave of Arnold and His Men
  69. II: Of Birdalone and Her Fellowship, Their Faring Over the Downland
  70. III: They Come to the City of the Five Crafts, and Birdalone Meets with the Poor-Wife
  71. IV: Of the Love of Gerard’s Sons and of Jacobus for Birdalone
  72. 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
  73. VI: Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons
  74. VII: Birdalone Cometh to Greenford, and Hears of the Wasting of the Castle of the Quest
  75. VIII: Birdalone Cometh to the Castle of the Quest, Heareth the Tale Thereof from Leonard, and Departeth Thence by the Sending Boat
  76. IX: Birdalone Findeth the Isle of Nothing Greatly Bettered, and Is Kindly Entreated There
  77. X: Of Birdalone’s Flitting from the Isle of Nothing
  78. XI: Coming to the Isle of Kings Birdalone Findeth There a Score and Two of Fair Damsels Who Would Fain Have Her Company
  79. XII: Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein
  80. XIII: Coming to the Isle of the Young and the Old, Birdalone Findeth It Peopled with Children
  81. XIV: The Sending Boat Disappeareth from the Isle of Increase Unsought, and Birdalone Seeketh to Escape Thence by Swimming
  82. XV: Birdalone Lacketh Little of Drowning, but Cometh Latterly to the Green Eyot
  83. XVI: Birdalone Findeth Her Witch-Mistress Dead
  84. XVII: Birdalone Layeth to Earth the Body of the Witch, and Findeth the Sending Boat Broken Up
  85. XVIII: The Wood-Mother Cometh to Birdalone and Heareth Her Story
  86. XIX: Habundia Hideth Birdalone’s Nakedness with Faery Raiment
  87. XX: Birdalone Telleth Habundia of Her Love for Arthur, and Getteth from Her Promise of Help Therein
  88. XXI: How the Wood-Wife Entered the Cot, and a Wonder That Befell Thereon
  89. XXII: Birdalone Wendeth the Wildwood in Fellowship with Habundia
  90. XXIII: The Wood-Wife Bringeth Birdalone to the Sight of Arthur in the Wildwood
  91. XXIV: The Wood-Mother Changeth Her Form to That of a Woman Stricken in Years
  92. XXV: The Wood-Wife Healeth and Tendeth the Black Squire
  93. XXVI: The Black Squire Telleth the Wood-Wife of His Doings Since Birdalone Went from the Castle of the Quest
  94. XXVII: Sir Arthur Cometh to the House Under the Wood
  95. XXVIII: Fair Days in the House of Love
  96. XXIX: Those Twain Will Seek the Wisdom of the Wood-Wife
  97. XXX: They Have Speech with Habundia Concerning the Green Knight and His Fellows
  98. XXXI: Habundia Cometh with Tidings of Those Dear Friends
  99. XXXII: Of the Fight in the Forest and the Rescue of Those Friends from the Men of the Red Company
  100. XXXIII: Viridis Telleth the Tale of Their Seeking
  101. The Seventh Part: The Days of Returning
  102. I: Sir Hugh Asketh Birdalone Where She Would Have the Abode of Their Fellowship to Be
  103. II: Birdalone Taketh Counsel with Her Wood-Mother Concerning the Matter of Sir Hugh
  104. III: Of the Journeying Through the Forest of Evilshaw Unto the Town of Utterhay
  105. IV: Of the Abiding in Utterhay in Love and Contentment
  106. Colophon
  107. Uncopyright

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