The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home, credited to William Morris, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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

LibriVox reading of The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home by William Morris. Read in English by David Lawrence; Fritz van Deventer; George Allen; jgaudreault; Gemma L Myers; DrPGould; John; David Eakle; Vespero; Lauren Huff; ToddHW; Amelia Chesley In The Well at the World's End, Ralph of Upmeads, youngest son of the King of Upmeads, leaves home (where nothing exciting ever happens) without permission and sets out looking for adventure. When he hears rumors of a well that exudes water with magical properties, he is intrigued and begins his quest. Along the way, he travels through various towns and wildernesses and meets -- and is sometimes led astray by -- a host of interesting people including a mysterious knight, a beautiful woman who may be a goddess, a treacherous servant, a brave tavern wench, a barbarian warrior, a solitary sage, and a sadistic king. Book 4 finishes his adventure. ( Kristingj)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Well at the World's End: Book 4: The Road Home
• Author credits: William Morris
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 32
• Listed recording duration: 5:27:33

Catalogue topics

• litrature
• medieaval, adventure, quest
• magic
• battle
• fairytales

Opening tracks: first 24 of 32

1. 01 - Ralph and Ursula Come Back Again Through the Great Mountains — 4:03
2. 02 - They Hear New Tidings of Utterbol — 7:46
3. 03 - They Winter With the Sage; and Thereafter Come Again to Vale Turris — 10:41
4. 04 - A Feast in the Red Pavilion — 5:59
5. 05 - Bull Telleth of His Winning of the Lordship of Utterbol — 13:23
6. 06 - They Ride From Vale Turris. Redhead Tells of Agatha — 9:19
7. 07 - Of Their Riding the Waste, and of a Battle Thereon — 8:53
8. 08 - Of Goldburg Again, and the Queen Thereof — 6:25
9. 09 - They Come to Cheaping Knowe Once More. Of the King Thereof — 10:45
10. 10 - An Adventure on the Way to the Mountains — 10:14
11. 11 - They Come Through the Mountains Into the Plain — 4:22
12. 12 - The Roads Sunder Again — 5:33
13. 13 - They Come to Whitwall Again — 16:55
14. 14 - They Ride Away From Whitwall — 3:22
15. 15 - A Strange Meeting in the Wilderness — 12:43
16. 16 - They Come to the Castle of Abundance Once More — 14:22
17. 17 - They Fall in With That Hermit — 22:02
18. 18 - A Change of Days in the Burg of the Four Friths — 8:13
19. 19 - Ralph Sees Hampton and the Scaur — 30:51
20. 20 - They Come to the Gate of Higham By the Way — 7:16
21. 21 - Talk Between Those Two Brethren — 13:54
22. 22 - An Old Acquaintance Comes From the Down Country to See Ralph — 11:32
23. 23 - They Ride to Bear Castle — 9:01
24. 24 - The Folkmote of the Shepherds — 6:02

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