William Morris Books In Order

Novels

  1. A Dream of John Ball (1888)
  2. A King’s Lesson (1888)
  3. The House of the Wolfings (1889)
  4. The Roots of the Mountains (1889)
  5. News from Nowhere (1890)
  6. The Story of the Glittering Plain (1891)
  7. The Wood Beyond the World (1894)
  8. Child Christopher (1895)
  9. The Well at the World’s End (1896)
  10. The Hollow Land (1897)
  11. The Sundering Flood (1897)
  12. The Water of the Wondrous Isles (1897)
  13. The Glittering Plain (1973)

Collections

  1. The Hollow Land and Other Contributions to the Oxford and Cambridge Magazine (1903)
  2. Golden Wings (1904)
  3. The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse (1907)
  4. Selected Writings and Designs (1923)
  5. Early Romances (1924)
  6. Three Works by William Morris (1987)

Picture Books

  1. The Twelve Days of Christmas (2020)

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William Morris Books Overview

A Dream of John Ball

William Morris 1834 1896 was a British artist and writer. Morris wrote poetry, fiction and translated Icelandic. Morris was part of the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood, and was one of the founders of the British Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris believed that art should be hand made and affordable. He also felt that no one form of art was superior to any other. As an artist Morris worked with textiles in weaving, dyeing, carpet making, and wood block printing. His writing often reflected his socialist views. John Ball c. 1338 1381 was an English Lollard priest who took a prominent part in the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. His insistence on social equality brought him into conflict with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and he was thrown in prison on three occasions. He was excommunicated and it was forbidden to hear him preach. His preaching helped spark the riot of 1381. John Ball’s Dream describes a dream and time travel encounter between the medieval and modern worlds. Morris presented an alternative view of the Middle Ages, being a positive and progressive period, an unusual position in the 19th century.

A King’s Lesson

William Morris 1834 1896 was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. Morris and his friends formed an artistic movement, the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. They eschewed the tawdry industrial manufacture of decorative arts and architecture and favoured a return to hand craftsmanship, raising artisans to the status of artists. He espoused the philosophy that art should be affordable, hand made, and that there should be no hierarchy of artistic mediums. His best known works are The Defence of Guinevere, and Other Poems 1858, Hopes and Fears for Art 1882, Chants for Socialists 1885, A Dream of John Ball: A King’s Lesson 1888, The House of the Wolfings 1889, Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895, Old French Romances 1896, The Well at the World’s End 1896, and The Hollow Land 1897.

The House of the Wolfings

The first of William Morris’s great fantastic romances is a translation of the old Norse saga, The House of the Wolfings. Of this tale, The Encyclodedia of Fantasy wrote: ‘The first step toward the characteristic large scale fantasies which have had such influence on the genre…
is The House of the Wolfings. Here the setting is quasi historical: a European Saxon community is resisting the decadent advances of late Imperial Rome. The romantic supernatural story contains a large admixture of verse.’ Indeed, Morris’s chief contribution to the book is his beautiful prose and poetry, for his version of the story is actually a collaboration with Norse scholar Eirikr Magnusson, who provided a literal translation of the original text, which Morris then reset as prose and poetry. Morris’s version of The House of the Wolfings has influenced generations of writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and countless hundreds more.

The Roots of the Mountains

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts – the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.

News from Nowhere

Book Description: ‘News from Nowhere 1890 is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. The remainder of the book explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people. The book offers Morris’ answers to a number of frequent objections to socialism, and underlines his belief that socialism will entail not only the abolishment of private property but also of the divisions between art, life, and work. In the novel, Morris tackles one of the most common criticisms of socialism; the supposed lack of incentive to work in a communist society. Morris’ response is that all work should be creative and pleasurable. This differs from the majority of Socialist thinkers, who tend to assume that while work is a necessary evil, a well planned equal society can reduce the amount of work needed to be done by each worker. News from Nowhere was written as a response to an earlier book called Looking Backward, a book that epitomizes a view of Socialism that Morris abhorred.’ Quote from wikipedia. orgTable of Contents: Publisher’s Preface; Discussion And Bed; A Morning Bath; The Guest House And Breakfast Therein; A Market By The Way; Children On The Road; A Little Shopping; Trafalgar Square; An Old Friend; Concerning Love; Questions And Answers; Concerning Government; Concerning The Arrangement Of Life; Concerning Politics; How Matters Are Managed; On The Lack Of Incentive To Labour In A Communist Society; Dinner In The Hall Of The Bloomsbury Market; How The Change Came; The Beginning Of The New Life; The Drive Back To Hammersmith; The Hammersmith Guest house Again; Going Up The River; Hampton Court And A Praiser Of Past Times; An Early Morning By Runnymede; Up The Thames: The Second Day; The Third Day On The Thames; The Obstinate Refusers; The Upper Waters; The Little River; A Resting place On The Upper Thames; The Journey’s End; An Old House Amongst New Folk; The Feast’s Beginning the EndAbout the Publisher: Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, Esoteric and Mythology. www. forgottenbooks. orgForgotten Books is about sharing information, not about making money. All books are priced at wholesale prices. We are also the only publisher we know of to print in large sans serif font, which is proven to make the text easier to read and put less strain on your eyes.

The Story of the Glittering Plain

William Morris 1834 1896 was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. Morris and his friends formed an artistic movement, the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. They eschewed the tawdry industrial manufacture of decorative arts and architecture and favoured a return to hand craftsmanship, raising artisans to the status of artists. He espoused the philosophy that art should be affordable, hand made, and that there should be no hierarchy of artistic mediums. His best known works are The Defence of Guinevere, and Other Poems 1858, Hopes and Fears for Art 1882, Chants for Socialists 1885, A Dream of John Ball: A King’s Lesson 1888, The House of the Wolfings 1889, Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895, Old French Romances 1896, The Well at the World’s End 1896, and The Hollow Land 1897.

The Wood Beyond the World

Book Description:

‘One of the recognized forerunners of Tolkien was William Morris, skilled artist, pioneering Socialist, translator of Icelandic sagas, and fantasy writer. The Wood Beyond the World is one of Morris’ masterpieces which he originally published using hand set type.’ Quote from sacred texts. com

Table of Contents:

Publisher’s Preface; Of Golden Walter And His Father; Golden Walter Takes Ship To Sail The Seas; Walter Heareth Tidings Of The Death Of His Father; Storm Befalls The Bartholomew, And She Is Driven Off Her Course; Now They Come To A New Land; The Old Man Tells Walter Of Himself. Walter Sees A Shard In The Cliff wall; Walter Comes To The Shard In The Rock wall; Walter Wends The Waste; Walter Happeneth On The First Of Those Three Creatures; Walter Happeneth On Another Creature In The Strange Land; Walter Happeneth On The Mistress; The Wearing Of Four Days In The Wood Beyond the World; Now Is The Hunt Up; The Hunting Of The Hart; The Slaying Of The Quarry; Of The King’s Son And The Maid; Of The House And The Pleasance In The Wood; The Maid Gives Walter Tryst; Walter Goes To Fetch Home The Lion’s Hide; Walter Is Bidden To Another Tryst; Walter And The Maid Flee From The Golden House; Of The Dwarf And The Pardon; Of The Peaceful Ending Of That Wild Day; The Maid Tells Of What Had Befallen Her; Of The Triumphant Summer Array Of The Maid; They Come To The Folk Of The Bears; Morning Amongst The Bears; Of The New God Of The Bears; Walter Strays In The Pass And Is Sundered From The Maid; Now They Meet Again; They Come Upon New Folk; Of The New King Of The City And Land Of Stark wall; Concerning The Fashion Of King making In Stark wall; Now Cometh The Maid To The King; Of The King Of Stark wall And His Queen; Of Walter And The Maid In The Days Of The Kingship

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Child Christopher

This fantastic tale involves castles, lords, knights, ladies, and plenty of adventure. William Morris is the author

The Well at the World’s End

William Morris 1834 1896 was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. Morris and his friends formed an artistic movement, the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. They eschewed the tawdry industrial manufacture of decorative arts and architecture and favoured a return to hand craftsmanship, raising artisans to the status of artists. He espoused the philosophy that art should be affordable, hand made, and that there should be no hierarchy of artistic mediums. His best known works are The Defence of Guinevere, and Other Poems 1858, Hopes and Fears for Art 1882, Chants for Socialists 1885, A Dream of John Ball: A King’s Lesson 1888, The House of the Wolfings 1889, Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895, Old French Romances 1896, The Well at the World’s End 1896, and The Hollow Land 1897.

The Hollow Land

William Morris 1834 1896 was an English artist, writer, socialist and activist. He was one of the principal founders of the British arts and crafts movement, best known as a designer of wallpaper and patterned fabrics, a writer of poetry and fiction and a pioneer of the socialist movement in Britain. Morris and his friends formed an artistic movement, the Pre Raphaelite Brotherhood. They eschewed the tawdry industrial manufacture of decorative arts and architecture and favoured a return to hand craftsmanship, raising artisans to the status of artists. He espoused the philosophy that art should be affordable, hand made, and that there should be no hierarchy of artistic mediums. His best known works are The Defence of Guinevere, and Other Poems 1858, Hopes and Fears for Art 1882, Chants for Socialists 1885, A Dream of John Ball: A King’s Lesson 1888, The House of the Wolfings 1889, Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair 1895, Old French Romances 1896, The Well at the World’s End 1896, and The Hollow Land 1897.

The Sundering Flood

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million books. com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. WOLVES HARRY THE FLOCK. NOW these matters, and other strayings and misdoings of the youngling, befell before the time whereof I now tell, when he was, as aforesaid, passed of twelve years; and it was in latter autumn, when the nights are lengthening. At this time there was a hired man dwelling with them, whose work it was to drive the sheep afield, either up on to the eastern bents or away off down to the water, so as they might not eat the grass of the kine from them. But Osberne, both of his own will and at the bidding of the good man, went off to field with this man John and helped him to keep the sheep from straying over far. Now one day at evening, somewhat later than he was wont, when, as it chanced, Osberne had not fared with him, back comes John from the bents, and he looked scared and pale, and he tells the tale that as the light began to fail up there, three huge wolves fell upon the sheep, and slew sundry of them, and it was easy to be seen of him that he had held no very close battle with the wolves, but had stood aloof till they had done their supper, and then gathered what he could of the sheep without going over near the field of deed. The goodman berated him for his cowardice, and seemed to begrudge him his victuals somewhat that night, whereas, what with them whom the wolves had slain, and them who hadperchance fled away, the flock was seventeen wethers short. John excused himself what he might, and said that he had no weapon, nought save his shepherd’s staff, and that the wolves had slain his dog in the first stour: but while he spake, Osberne, who sat by, deemed him somewhat stark and tall to be so little hearted. However, the next day the goodman and John must needs go up to the bent to see if they might find aught alive of the sheep that w…

The Water of the Wondrous Isles

William Morris, the nineteenth century artist, sculptor, musician, master of all trades and jack of none, is at his brilliant best in this tale of shining waters and shrouded magic. His gentle and spirited hero*ine, Birdalone, steps forth into the world as freshly and gaily as when Morris first committed her to the written page. Her courage carries her into a remarkable series of all too human adventures despite the wonders and marvels that abound in her enchanted world. Morris uses the honest reality of human relationships and emotions to point up the magicks with which his rich imagination embroiders the story. Equally, the loves and angers, the longings and jealousies of his people are thrown into sharp relief by the somber threat of the Sending Boat in which Birdalone travels or the mad witchery of the Isle of Unsought Increase. Throughout he maintains that mark of the master storyteller the need to keep turning the page to find out what is going to happen next.

The Glittering Plain

The Glittering Plain was the first of Morris’s great fantasies, published in 1891, and it set the style for such later works as The Wood Beyond the World, The Well at World’s End, and The Water of the Wondrous Isles.

The Early Romances of William Morris in Prose and Verse

This Elibron Classics book is a reprint of a 1913 edition by J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., London; E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.

Selected Writings and Designs

For thousands of years humans have adorned themselves. Adornment figures among the constellation of traits that signify the arrival of modern human behavior in the archaeological record. Werever they ventured, wherever they lived, people have made art and adorments to accompany them in life and death. In this book, artist William Morris celebrates this ancient and universal human quality and continues his exploration of the themes of origin and myth that permeate all his work. At first glance, these glass sculptures signal a striking departure from Morris’s oeuvre of canopic jars, animal vessels, assorted artifacts, and imaginative burial installations. Here Morris depicts the people only imagined before. He has put flesh on the bones, and covered the bodies with costumes, jewelry, headdresses, and tattoos. These figures spring forth full of vibrant life in the present, rather than recalling a distant past. The faces and artifacts evoke and sometimes blend elements of Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, tracing the global migrations of distant ancestors. Morris aims less for realism than for an essence of ethnicity. For more than 20 years, in a career that has brought Morris to the forefront of the modern Studio Glass movement, he has perfected a repertoire of techniques that virtually no other American glass artist can equal.

Early Romances

William Morris’s collected Early Romances, including ‘Golden Wings,’ ‘The Hollow Land,’ and other stories.

Three Works by William Morris

This volume brings together ‘News From Nowhere’, ‘A Dream of John Ball’ and ‘The Pilgrims of Hope’. The first story depicts an ideal but practical socialist society. The second tale uses dream imagery to contrast capitalist liberty and feudal serfdom. The third story is about the Paris Commune.

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