The House of the Wolfings by William Morris

"The House of the Wolfings" by William Morris is a fantasy novel published in 1889. Written in a blend of prose and verse, it portrays Germanic Gothic tribes defending their homeland against the armies of imperial Rome. The story follows Thiodolf, a war leader whose fate becomes entwined with a cursed dwarf-made mail-shirt and the divine women who support him. Considered a pioneering work that united historical settings with supernatural elements, it directly influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" and helped establish modern fantasy literature. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Morris, William, 1834-1896
Title The House of the Wolfings
A Tale of the House of the Wolfings and All the Kindreds of the Mark Written in Prose and in Verse
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_the_Wolfings
Credits Transcribed from the 1904 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price
Reading Level Reading ease score: 62.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject Fantasy fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 2885
Release Date
Last Update Jan 1, 2021
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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