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The wood beyond the world is a fantasy novel by william morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor. His novel the wood beyond the world transports his hero, walter the golden, from the english village of langtononholm across the seas to a magical kingdom in a forest beyond the known world, ruled by the mistress, an extraordinarly beautiful, complex, and sinister woman. The wood beyond the world is a fantasy novel by william morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of presentday fantasy literature. Jan 01, 2016 the wood beyond the world is a fantasy novel by william morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of presentday fantasy literature. Its slow, not at all exciting, and most of the book is spent on peter pascoes family history.
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