The House of the Wolfings: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The House of the Wolfings, credited to William Morris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The House of the Wolfings, by William Morris. William Morris (1834-1896) was a writer, illustrator and medievalist from the Romantic period and associated with other renowned authors of the time such as Dante Rossetti. His fascination with ancient Germanic and Norse people dominated his writings, the first to be set in an entirely invented fantasy world and which helped to establish the fantasy genre. The House of Wolfings (1890), some argue, is a demonstration of Morris' socialism as the society described, though not an utopia, is clan-based, elects leaders and makes decisions in clan tribal meetings. Notwithstanding, it tells the story of how Thiodolf and his clan - the Wolfings - fight and vanquish the Roman invaders. The book is built with Morris' knowledge of the historical period and his own idealistic views, which allow him to combine facts and mythical elements. Thiodolf is protected by a dwarfish coat of mail, given to him by his lover Wood Sun, herself one of the Vala, the immortals. But things are not what they seem and what is meant to protect him, is also a curse... (Summary by Sailormoon)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The House of the Wolfings
• Author credits: William Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Combined MP3 track duration: 8:17:46

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• fantasy
• myth

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 01 - The Dwellings of Mid-Mark — 15:52
2. 02 - The Flitting of the War-Arrow — 14:32
3. 03 - Thiodolf Talketh with the Wood-Sun — 27:27
4. 04 - The House Fareth to the War — 16:13
5. 05 - Concerning the Hall-Sun — 20:43
6. 06 - They Talk on the Way to the Folk-Thing — 15:33
7. 07 - They Gather to the Folk-Mote — 16:03
8. 08 - The Folk-Mote of the Markmen — 29:03
9. 09 - The Ancient Man of the Daylings — 7:11
10. 10 - That Carline Cometh to the Roof of the Wolfings — 7:26
11. 11 - The Hall-Sun Speaketh — 7:42
12. 12 - Tidings of the Battle in Mirkwood — 15:35
13. 13 - The Hall-Sun Saith Another Word — 7:28
14. 14 - The Hall-Sun is Careful Concerning the Passes of the Wood — 11:30
15. 15 - They Hear Tell of the Battle on the Ridge — 22:04
16. 16 - How the Dwarf-wrought Hauberk was Brought Away from the Hall of the Daylings — 8:03
17. 17 - The Wood-Sun Speaketh with Thiodolf — 21:09
18. 18 - Tidings brought to the Wain-Burg — 14:29
19. 19 - Those messengers come to Thiodolf — 17:28
20. 20 - Otter and His Folk Come Into Mid-Mark — 22:30
21. 21 - They Bicker About the Ford — 13:56
22. 22 - Otter Falls On Against His Will — 17:58
23. 23 - Thiodolf Meeteth the Romans in the Wolfing Meadow — 13:24
24. 24 - The Goths are Overthrown by the Romans — 10:14

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