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The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road Unto Love

William Morris (1834 - 1896)

The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced later fantasy writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book follows the travels of Ralph, a prince of a tiny country, as he disobeys his fathers wishes and runs away from home to adventure in the world, and seek out the fabled Well at World's End, said to grant eternal youth to those who drink from it. (Summary by BumbleVee)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 01	01 - The Sundering of the Ways	BumbleVee	00:12:57
Play 02	02 - Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House	BumbleVee	00:02:44
Play 03	03 - Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town	BumbleVee	00:19:59
Play 04	04 - Ralph Rideth the Downs	BumbleVee	00:11:37
Play 05	05 - Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way	BumbleVee	00:19:00
Play 06	06 - Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham	BumbleVee	00:08:21
Play 07	07 - The Maiden of Bourton Abbas	BumbleVee	00:11:04
Play 08	08 - Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein	BumbleVee	00:08:40
Play 09	09 - Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous	BumbleVee	00:12:33
Play 10	10 - A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous	BumbleVee	00:06:45
Play 11	11 - Now Must Ralph Ride For It	BumbleVee	00:13:33
Play 12	12 - Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths	BumbleVee	00:16:12
Play 13	13 - The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths	MaryA	00:13:51
Play 14	14 - What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths	MaryA	00:17:41
Play 15	15 - How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths	MaryA	00:14:34
Play 16	16 - Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again	Mike Pelton	00:08:20
Play 17	17 - Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance	Michael Harrison	00:09:08
Play 18	18 - Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance	genierose	00:24:09
Play 19	19 - Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End	Cori Samuel	00:03:41
Play 20	20 - Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood	Grace	00:13:20
Play 21	21 - Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily	Grace	00:08:29
Play 22	22 - An Adventure in the Wood	Grace	00:19:43
Play 23	23 - The Leechcraft of the Lady	Grace	00:09:57
Play 24	24 - Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall	Patti Cunningham	00:13:38

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