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Item: The Well at World's End (Volume 1)

2000

Book, 20.5 x 12.5 cm, 320 p, language: English, publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ: Wildside Press, ISBN: 1-58715-088-3 .
Materials: ink, paper

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2024/857).

Literary synopsis The story of a magic well with the power to grant immortality has set Ralph of Upmeads, King Peter's son, on a quest to find the real thing. Mysterious women he meets on his journey school him in the consequences of drinking from the well, but they cannot stop him. *The Well at 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. [Download book](http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/169).

Authorship: Artist Author.

Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.

Genre: Fantasy, Historical fiction.

Publishing: Publishing House, Self-Publishing.

Theme: Adventures, Romance.

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William Morris, The Well at World's End (Volume 2), 2000. Book, ink, paper, 20.3 x 12.7 cm, 242 p, language: English, publisher: Berkeley Heights, NJ: Wildside Press, ISBN 1-58715-089-1.

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