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The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a 1897 fantasy novel by British author William Morris . Partial publishing history. The novel was initially printed in 1897 by Morris' own Kelmscott Press on vellum and artisanal paper in a blackletter type of his own design.
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- 1897
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Florence S. Boos. His daughter May Morris recorded that William Morris worked on The Water of the Wondrous Isles between February 1895 and his death in October 1896 (another tale, The Sundering Flood, remained unfinished at his death). Morris's only woman-centered romance was the last he was able to complete with the loving amplitude of his ...
3.89. 214 ratings21 reviews. The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a fantasy novel written by William Morris. The story takes place in a mythical land where magic and enchantment are the norm. The main character is a young woman named Birdalone who has been raised in seclusion by a witch.
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The Water of the Wondrous Isles is a landmark in fantasy fiction. First published a year after Morris’s death in 1897 by Kelmscott Press—Morris’s own printing company—the novel follows...
The Water of the Wondrous Isles · Prose Romances · William Morris Archive. Edited by Florence S. Boos. INTRODUCTION. EDITIONS & PRINTED BOOKS. Text of The Water of the Wondrous Isles. Kelmscott Press edition, 1897. First trade edition: Longmans, Green, & Co.:London, New York and Bombay, 1897.
One of Morris' famous fantasy novels, €The Water of the Wondrous Isles was published by his Kelmscott Press in 1897, one year after the author's death. The novel tells the story of...
