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The Story of the Glittering Plain
William Morris
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In this early example of the modern high fantasy genre, Hallblithe, a warrior of the House of Raven, sets out in pursuit of the pirates who have kidnapped his troth-plight maiden, the Hostage. Kidnapped himself, Hallblithe sails to the Isle of Ransom in the company of the giant Puny Fox. Travelling onward to the Land of the Glittering Plain, he spurns the offer of eternal youth and the hand of the King's daughter to continue the search for his beloved.
In this early example of the modern high fantasy genre, Hallblithe, a warrior of the House of Raven, sets out in pursuit of the pirates who have kidnapped his troth-plight maiden, the Hostage. Kidnapped himself, Hallblithe sails to the Isle of Ransom in the company of the giant Puny Fox. Travelling onward to the Land of the Glittering Plain, he spurns the offer of eternal youth and the hand of the King's daughter to continue the search for his beloved.
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“That were a meet deed for a Raven, but not for a man,” said the carle, “and thou that hast wished me luck! Ask, ask!”
But Hallblithe was silent a long while. Then the carle said, “Another cup for the longer after youth!”
Hallblithe filled, and gave to him, and the old man drank and said: “Thou deemest us all liars in the Isle of Ransom because of thy beguiling by the Puny Fox: but therein thou errest. The Puny Fox is our chiefest liar, and doth for us the more part of such work as we need: therefore, why should we others lie. Ask, ask!”
“Well then,” said Hallblithe, “why did the Puny Fox bewray me, and at whose bidding?”
Said the elder: “I know, but I will not tell thee. Is t. . . Read More
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An odd sort of fairytale but with vikings. Kind of like beowolf i imagine, but as things progress more of the plot falls into place and you see it has a much more modern influence and makes a lot more sense than it first seems. In tone it reminded me of those Sindbad films from the 70's. I really en
A young Viking sets off on a quest to rescue his kidnapped bride and along the way discovers the earthly paradise. Somehow he must turn his back on paradise to complete his quest to find a woman he barely knows. William Morris is best remembered today as one of the founders of the Arts and Crafts de
[2.5 ⭐] I just didn't get on with this text. I know this is meant to be one of the first ever fantasy novels but it just felt like an imitation of a medieval saga with no purpose to it. I didn't like 'medieval reminiscent' writing style and much preferred the flow he had in writing News From Nowhere
Remembered from 40 odd years back:
Unlike the previous House of the Wolfings and The Roots of the Mountains, which based their fantasy on historically plausible settings and characters, this novel actually described a totally imagined world: that of the title, or The Acre of the Undying, or The Land
This is one of the very early fantasy novels. This one is from 1913, I think.
It takes place near the real world, with vaguely magical things happening, and strange coincidences. To a modern reader, it may seem a bit contrived. But if you can suspend your disbelief, it's engaging. It has a naivety t
One thing that struck me about this book was that despite the anachronistic language, the pictures that it drew in my head were quite clear - I could see the dimly-lit interiors of the Viking halls and hear the speech of these men as they bandied about what they sought. The plot structure was rather