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The Water of the Wondrous Isles
William Morris
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Therewith she took her hand, and led her forth of the prison, and locked the door behind her; and then downstairs they went, and out-a-doors by a little wicket at the stair-end. The dawn drew on apace now, and Birdalone saw at once the other twain lurking in the wall-nook hard by. No word was spoken between them, and with noiseless feet they went forth into the orchard, where the blackbirds and thrushes were beginning their first morning song, and ere they came out on to the meadow the full choir of them was a-singing.
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHAT WISE BIRDALONE WAS CLAD, AND HOW SHE WENT HER WAYS FROM THE ISLE OF INCREASE UNSOUGHT
When they were all clear of the orchard trees the three damsels kept Birdalone between them closely, so . . . Read More
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First read "The Water of the Wondrous Isles" fifty years ago (1970) while an undergraduate (having serendipitously encountered a set of Morris' Collected Works in the university library) - from the first I was thoroughly enchanted by the story-telling, the language, and the character of Birdalone, a
This was surprisingly enjoyable. Worth sticking with, and tuning your ear to the mock-medievalism, because when it goes first weird(er) and then dark, it's a top read. Shouldn't have languished unread on my shelves for something like 20 years...more
Colorfully worded, and artfully crafted in the spirit of medieval legend. This is a must read for anyone with a taste for "Thees and Thous".
It should be said that "Water of the Wondrous Isles" is not wholely authentic, but it's flowery prose serves well for the story and it's tone. The characters a
A vast improvement over the last Morris I read (Well at the World's End). A little girl, Birdalone, is kidnapped by a witch as a child, raised in isolation on the edge of an evil wood, and finally escapes by sea to a series of strange islands (given C.S. Lewis was a big Morris fan, it's hard not to