The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road unto Love: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road unto Love, 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

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road unto Love by William Morris. Read by LibriVox Volunteers The Well at the World's End is thought to be one of the first examples of an entirely fictional fantasy world, and has greatly influenced later fantasy writers such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book follows the travels of Ralph, a prince of a tiny country, as he disobeys his fathers wishes and runs away from home to adventure in the world, and seek out the fabled Well at World's End, said to grant eternal youth to those who drink from it. (Summary by BumbleVee)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Well at the World's End, Book 1: The Road unto Love
• Author credits: William Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 4:59:56

Catalogue topics

• fiction
• fantasy
• adventure

Track guide

1. 01 - The Sundering of the Ways — 12:57
2. 02 - Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House — 2:44
3. 03 - Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town — 20:00
4. 04 - Ralph Rideth the Downs — 11:37
5. 05 - Ralph Cometh to Higham-On-The-Way — 19:01
6. 06 - Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abby of St. Mary at Highham — 8:22
7. 07 - The Maiden of Bourton Abbas — 11:04
8. 08 - Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein — 8:41
9. 09 - Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous — 12:33
10. 10 - A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous — 6:46
11. 11 - Now Must Ralph Ride For It — 13:33
12. 12 - Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths — 16:12
13. 13 - The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths — 13:51
14. 14 - What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths — 17:41
15. 15 - How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths — 14:35
16. 16 - Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again — 8:20
17. 17 - Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance - db2 — 9:08
18. 18 - Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance — 24:09
19. 19 - Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End — 3:42
20. 20 - Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood — 13:20
21. 21 - Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily — 8:30
22. 22 - An Adventure in the Wood — 19:43
23. 23 - The Leechcraft of the Lady — 9:58
24. 24 - Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall — 13:38

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