WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/1325079

The water of the Wondrous isles

Plot: "Stolen as a child and raised in the wood of Evilshaw as servant to a witch, Birdalone ultimately escapes in her captress's magical boat, in which she travels to a succession of strange and wonderful islands. Among these is the Isle of Increase Unsought, an island cursed with boundless production, which Morris intended as a parallel of contemporary Britain and a vehicle for his socialistic beliefs. Equally radical, during much of the first quarter of the novel, Birdalone is naked, a highly unusual detail in Victorian fiction. She is occasionally assisted out of jams by Habundia, her lookalike fairy godmother. She encounters three maidens who are held prisoner by another witch. They await deliverance by their lovers, the three paladins of the Castle of the Quest. Birdalone is clad by the maidens and seeks out their heroes, and the story goes into high gear as they set out to rescue the women. Ultimately, one lady is reunited with her knight, another finds a new love when her knight is killed, and the last is left to mourn as her champion throws her over for Birdalone."--Wikipedia.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

alternateName

http://schema.org/alternateName

  • "Prospectus for "The water of the wondrous Isles" by William Morris"@en

author

contributor

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Plot: "Stolen as a child and raised in the wood of Evilshaw as servant to a witch, Birdalone ultimately escapes in her captress's magical boat, in which she travels to a succession of strange and wonderful islands. Among these is the Isle of Increase Unsought, an island cursed with boundless production, which Morris intended as a parallel of contemporary Britain and a vehicle for his socialistic beliefs. Equally radical, during much of the first quarter of the novel, Birdalone is naked, a highly unusual detail in Victorian fiction. She is occasionally assisted out of jams by Habundia, her lookalike fairy godmother. She encounters three maidens who are held prisoner by another witch. They await deliverance by their lovers, the three paladins of the Castle of the Quest. Birdalone is clad by the maidens and seeks out their heroes, and the story goes into high gear as they set out to rescue the women. Ultimately, one lady is reunited with her knight, another finds a new love when her knight is killed, and the last is left to mourn as her champion throws her over for Birdalone."--Wikipedia."@en
  • ""William Morris, the nineteenth century artist, sculptor, musician, master of all trades and jack of none, is at his brilliant best in this tale of shining waters and shrouded magic. His gentle and spirited heroine, Birdalone, steps forth into the world as freshly and gaily as when Morris first committed her to the written page. Her courage carries her into a remarkable series of all too human adventures despite the wonders and marvels that abound in her enchanted world. Morris uses the honest reality of human relationships and emotions to point up the magicks with which his rich imagination embroiders the story. Equally, the loves and angers, the longings and jealousies of his people are thrown into sharp relief by the somber threat of the Sending Boat in which Birdalone travels or the mad witchery of the Isle of Unsought Increase. Throughout he maintains that mark of the master storyteller-the need to keep turning the page to find out what is going to happen next."--Back cover."@en
  • "Drawing on medieval legend and age-old fantasy tropes, William Morris' Water of the Wondrous Isles combines the best of both of these genres and updates them with an interesting thematic twist: the heroic figure who leads the quest is a plucky, spirited young girl. Fans of classic fantasy will relish this exquisitely wrought tale."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Book prospectuses"@en
  • "Prose literature"
  • "Science fiction"@en
  • "Inscriptions (Provenance)"
  • "Fantasy fiction, English"
  • "Short stories"@en
  • "Vellum bindings (Binding)"
  • "Short stories, English"@en
  • "English literature"
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Internet resources"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "The water of the Wondrous isles"
  • "The water of the Wondrous isles"@en
  • "The Widow's house by the great water"
  • "The Water of the wondrous isles"
  • "The water of the Wondrous Isles"
  • "The water of the Wondrous Isles"@en
  • "The water of the wondrous isles"
  • "The water of the wondrous isles"@en
  • "[The Water of the Wondrous Isles.]"@en
  • "[The Water of the Wondrous Isles.]"
  • "Water of the wondrous isles, the"@en
  • "Le lac aux îles enchantées"
  • "Las Aguas de las islas encantadas"
  • "The Water of the Wondrous Isles"@en
  • "The Water of the Wondrous Isles"
  • "The water of the wondrous isles : a novel"
  • "The widow's house by the great water"@en
  • "The Water of the Wondrous isles"
  • "The Water of the wondrous isles : Introd. by Lin Carter"
  • "Water of the Wondrous Isles"
  • "The Water of wondrous isles"

workExample

http://schema.org/workExample