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The Forest Lovers

Maurice Henry Hewlett

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .Prosper saw on his left the great Abbey of Holy Thorn. He saw the river with a boat's sail, the village of Malbank Saint Thorn on the further bank and the cloud of thin blue smoke over it; far across the heath came the roar of the weirs. Behind it and on all sides began to rise before him the dark rampart of trees—Morgraunt.

Prosper's heart grew merry within him at the sight of all this freshness, the splendour of the morning. He was disposed to be well contented with everything, even with Isoult, upon whom he looked down once or twice, to see her pacing gently beside him, a guarded and graceful possession. "Well, friend," he said to himself, "you have a proper-seeming wife, it appears, of whom it would be well to know something."

He began to question her, and this time she told him everything he asked her, except why she was called Isoult la Desirous. As to this, she persisted that she could not tell him. He took it good-temperedly, with. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Early romance
was okay, but hard to follow what was being said may need to read this one.

Written in the late 1800s, this is a fantasy or fairy tale with a medieval setting, with a knight in armour and a much-distressed gentle damsel, a dastardly villain, secret identities, and bloody battles including lopping off the head of the enemy to prove he has been vanquished.
As a fairy tale, it

Interesting story and I loved the spirit of this woman and how she loved nature. Sad to see how the Indians were treated and the possible affect Christianity may have had on their condition (and not in a positive way).