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The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewh
William Morris
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‘Well it was that I fell in with thee, Dalesman, else had there been murders of men to tell of; but ever she ordereth all things wisely, though unwisely hast thou done to seek to her. Hearken! dost thou think that thou hast done well that thou hast me here with my tale? Well, hadst thou busied thyself with the slaying of elks, or with sitting quietly at home, yet shouldest thou have heard my tale, and thou shouldest have seen me in Burgstead in a day or two to tell thee concerning the flitting of the token. And ill it is that I have missed it, for fain had I been to behold the House of the Face, and to have seen thee sitting there in thy dignity amidst the kindred of chieftains.’
And she sighed therewith. But he said: ‘Hold up thine heart, Bow-may! On the word of a true man that shall befall thee one day. But come, playmate, give me thy tale!’
‘Yea,’ she said, ‘I m. . . Read More
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William Morris was a (nineteenth century) Renaissance man. Besides being a polymath, he became the forerunner of the high fantasy genre with this novel and his medieval fantasies (The Well at the World's End). He was the direct inspiration to R.R.Tolkien. Although these works may not have stood the
Easy and engaging
This was a joy to read. There is a lot of antiquated language but the prose is poetic and there is a lot of poetry mixed in. It's a n adventure rife with love and violence.
Not as enjoyable as The House of the Wolfings, but still a fine tale.
Inasmuch the legend of Culhwch and Olwen from The Mabinogion was J.R.R. Tolkien’s inspiration for the story of Beren and Lúthien, and episode with Kulervo from The Kalevala for the Turin Turambar’s saga, thus “The Roots of the Mountains” was professor’s immense inspiration for Aragorn-Eowyn-Faramir
A wonderful, evocative novel that captures the essence of the great mythic sagas. It is not an easy read, as Morris revels in archaic language to tell a tale which seems to have been handed down from long ago. Its pace is languid, but doing helps make both the setting and characters come alive.
It is telling and altogether appropriate that this particular book I read was published by Eccentric Books. This is an eccentric book. It is deliberately and flamboyantly eccentric, and in reading this book I continually thought of other works with which this work is related. I pondered the conne
Tough to read. The dialogue is in Middle English. Great story however.
I absolutely loved re-reading this 1889 work by William Morris, one of my all-time favourite writers. It can be called a novel, a prose romance, or an early example of what would later become the fantasy genre. All these descriptions apply, but it is essentially a recasting of what Morris had learne