The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Unabridged)
William Morris
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
In "The Water of the Wondrous Isles," Birdalone, stolen as a child and raised by a witch, escapes in a magical boat. She embarks on a journey through fantastical islands, encountering talking wolves, giants, and mermaids. Among them lies the "Isle of Increase Unsought," a land grappling with the burden of excessive production, mirroring societal issues Morris saw in his own time. Guided by the spirit Habundia, Birdalone seeks the mythical Water of the Wondrous Isles, rumored to grant wishes, all while searching for love and her true place in this magical world.
Duration - 12h 45m.
Author - William Morris.
Narrator - Digital Voice Marcus G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2022 Falcon Press ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. In "The Water of the Wondrous Isles," Birdalone, stolen as a child and raised by a witch, escapes in a magical boat. She embarks on a journey through fantastical islands, encountering talking wolves, giants, and mermaids. Among them lies the "Isle of Increase Unsought," a land grappling with the burden of excessive production, mirroring societal issues Morris saw in his own time. Guided by the spirit Habundia, Birdalone seeks the mythical Water of the Wondrous Isles, rumored to grant wishes, all while searching for love and her true place in this magical world. Duration - 12h 45m. Author - William Morris. Narrator - Digital Voice Marcus G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2022 Falcon Press ©.
Language:
English
Titlepage
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The First Part: Of the House of Captivity
Duration:00:00:06
I: Catch at Utterhay
Duration:00:09:27
II: Now Shall Be Told of the House by the Waterside
Duration:00:03:03
III: Of Skin-Changing
Duration:00:02:01
IV: Of the Waxing of the Stolen Child
Duration:00:03:15
V: Of Birdalone, and How She Is Grown Into Maidenhood
Duration:00:04:16
VI: Herein Is Told of Birdalone’s Raiment
Duration:00:05:52
VII: Birdalone Hath an Adventure in the Wood
Duration:00:12:12
VIII: Of Birdalone and the Witch-Wife
Duration:00:04:27
IX: Of Birdalone’s Swimming
Duration:00:04:36
X: Birdalone Comes on New Tidings
Duration:00:04:13
XI: Of Birdalone’s Guilt and the Chastisement Thereof
Duration:00:05:38
XII: The Words of the Witch-Wife to Birdalone
Duration:00:04:35
XIII: Birdalone Meeteth the Wood-Woman Again
Duration:00:06:52
XIV: Of Birdalone’s Fishing
Duration:00:04:03
XV: Birdalone Weareth Her Serpent-Ring
Duration:00:05:51
XVI: Birdalone Meeteth Habundia Again; and Learneth Her First Wisdom of Her
Duration:00:04:44
XVII: The Passing of the Year Into Winter
Duration:00:03:48
XVIII: Of Spring-Tide and the Mind of Birdalone
Duration:00:04:17
XIX: They Bid Farewell, Birdalone and the Wood-Mother
Duration:00:02:20
XX: Of Birdalone and the Sending Boat
Duration:00:07:05
The Second Part: Of the Wondrous Isles
Duration:00:00:06
I: The First Isle
Duration:00:02:34
II: Birdalone Falleth in with New Friends
Duration:00:07:15
III: Birdalone Is Brought Before the Witch-Wife’s Sister
Duration:00:04:18
IV: Of the Witch’s Prison in the Wailing-Tower
Duration:00:06:13
V: They Feast in the Witch’s Prison
Duration:00:11:06
VI: Atra Tells of How They Three Came Unto the Isle of Increase Unsought
Duration:00:16:59
VII: The Three Damsels Take Birdalone Out of the Witch’s Prison
Duration:00:03:40
VIII: In What Wise Birdalone Was Clad, and How She Went Her Ways from the Isle of Increase Unsought
Duration:00:06:15
IX: How Birdalone Came to the Isle of the Young and the Old
Duration:00:20:09
X: Birdalone Comes to the Isle of the Queens
Duration:00:06:19
XI: And Now She Comes to the Isle of the Kings
Duration:00:06:49
XII: Of Birdalone, How She Came Unto the Isle of Nothing
Duration:00:07:16
The Third Part: Of the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:00:06
I: Birdalone Comes to the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:08:09
II: Of Birdalone, and How She Rested the Night Through in a Bower Without the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:06:55
III: How Birdalone Dight Her for Meeting the Champions of the Quest
Duration:00:04:04
IV: And Now She Meets the Champions
Duration:00:10:42
V: Birdalone Has True Tokens from the Champions of the Quest
Duration:00:13:14
VI: How the Champions Would Do Birdalone to Be Clad Anew in the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:05:31
VII: Of Birdalone, How She Told the Champions All Her Tale
Duration:00:05:26
VIII: In the Meanwhile of the Departing of the Champions, They Would Pleasure Birdalone with Feats of Arms and Games of Prowess
Duration:00:02:15
IX: Birdalone Cometh Before the Champions in Her New Array
Duration:00:04:59
X: The Champions Go Their Ways in the Sending Boat
Duration:00:04:53
The Fourth Part: Of the Days of Abiding
Duration:00:00:06
I: Of Birdalone’s Grief; and of Leonard the Chaplain
Duration:00:03:40
II: Birdalone Learneth Lore of the Priest. Ten Days of Waiting Wear
Duration:00:04:34
III: Now Would Birdalone Ride Abroad
Duration:00:06:09
IV: Of Birdalone’s Faring Abroad
Duration:00:03:54
V: Sir Aymeris Showeth Birdalone the Mountains Afar Off
Duration:00:07:18
VI: Birdalone Heareth Tell Tales of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
Duration:00:03:41
VII: Birdalone Beguileth the Priest to Help Her to Outgoing
Duration:00:05:33
VIII: Birdalone Fares on Her Adventure
Duration:00:05:18
IX: Birdalone Comes to the Black Valley
Duration:00:04:19
X: How Birdalone Fell in with a Man in the Black Valley of the Greywethers
Duration:00:05:58
XI: Birdalone Is Led Up the Black Valley
Duration:00:05:02
XII: How Those Twain Get Them from Out of the Black Valley of the Greywethers
Duration:00:11:14
XIII: Now They Rest for the Night in the Strait Pass
Duration:00:01:43
XIV: The Black Knight Tells the Truth of Himself
Duration:00:07:31
XV: The Black Knight Brings Birdalone to the Bower in the Dale
Duration:00:06:55
XVI: Yet a Day and a Night They Tarry in the Dale
Duration:00:11:49
The Fifth Part: The Tale of the Quest’s Ending
Duration:00:00:06
I: Of Sir Leonard’s Trouble and the Coming of the Quest
Duration:00:05:44
II: Now Ask They of Birdalone, and Sir Leonard Speaks
Duration:00:03:26
III: How They Follow the Slot of Birdalone and the Black Knight
Duration:00:06:41
IV: Of the Slaying of Friend and Foe
Duration:00:09:50
V: They Come Home to the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:02:42
VI: Of the Talk Betwixt Birdalone and Viridis
Duration:00:05:45
VII: Birdalone Telleth the Tale of Her Wandering Up the Valley of the Greywethers
Duration:00:24:31
VIII: Atra and Birdalone Talk Together While the Lords Sit at the Murder-Council
Duration:00:05:31
IX: Hugh Tells the Story of the Quest’s Ending
Duration:00:45:17
X: How It Fared with the Three Ladies After the Escape of Birdalone
Duration:00:13:48
XI: Birdalone and the Black Squire Talk Together in the Hall of the Castle
Duration:00:07:51
XII: The Knights and Their Fellows Betake Them to the Assaulting of the Red Hold
Duration:00:03:15
XIII: Birdalone Bethinks Her to Fulfil the Promise Made Unto Atra
Duration:00:08:48
XIV: Birdalone Leaves the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:02:24
The Sixth Part: The Days of Absence
Duration:00:00:06
I: Birdalone Rides to Greenford and There Takes Leave of Arnold and His Men
Duration:00:08:34
II: Of Birdalone and Her Fellowship, Their Faring Over the Downland
Duration:00:02:52
III: They Come to the City of the Five Crafts, and Birdalone Meets with the Poor-Wife
Duration:00:16:09
IV: Of the Love of Gerard’s Sons and of Jacobus for Birdalone
Duration:00:05:58
V: Of the Death of Audrey, Mother to Birdalone. She Is Warned in a Dream to Seek the Black Squire, and Is Minded to Depart the City of the Five Crafts, and Seek Again the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:09:56
VI: Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons
Duration:00:06:27
VII: Birdalone Cometh to Greenford, and Hears of the Wasting of the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:06:52
VIII: Birdalone Cometh to the Castle of the Quest, Heareth the Tale Thereof from Leonard, and Departeth Thence by the Sending Boat
Duration:00:10:24
IX: Birdalone Findeth the Isle of Nothing Greatly Bettered, and Is Kindly Entreated There
Duration:00:08:53
X: Of Birdalone’s Flitting from the Isle of Nothing
Duration:00:01:44
XI: Coming to the Isle of Kings Birdalone Findeth There a Score and Two of Fair Damsels Who Would Fain Have Her Company
Duration:00:06:39
XII: Birdalone Cometh Again to the Isle of Queens, and Findeth a Perilous Adventure Therein
Duration:00:15:52
XIII: Coming to the Isle of the Young and the Old, Birdalone Findeth It Peopled with Children
Duration:00:04:54
XIV: The Sending Boat Disappeareth from the Isle of Increase Unsought, and Birdalone Seeketh to Escape Thence by Swimming
Duration:00:05:32
XV: Birdalone Lacketh Little of Drowning, but Cometh Latterly to the Green Eyot
Duration:00:04:20
XVI: Birdalone Findeth Her Witch-Mistress Dead
Duration:00:06:10
XVII: Birdalone Layeth to Earth the Body of the Witch, and Findeth the Sending Boat Broken Up
Duration:00:04:56
XVIII: The Wood-Mother Cometh to Birdalone and Heareth Her Story
Duration:00:07:35
XIX: Habundia Hideth Birdalone’s Nakedness with Faery Raiment
Duration:00:02:27
XX: Birdalone Telleth Habundia of Her Love for Arthur, and Getteth from Her Promise of Help Therein
Duration:00:03:17
XXI: How the Wood-Wife Entered the Cot, and a Wonder That Befell Thereon
Duration:00:05:26
XXII: Birdalone Wendeth the Wildwood in Fellowship with Habundia
Duration:00:03:40
XXIII: The Wood-Wife Bringeth Birdalone to the Sight of Arthur in the Wildwood
Duration:00:13:48
XXIV: The Wood-Mother Changeth Her Form to That of a Woman Stricken in Years
Duration:00:05:32
XXV: The Wood-Wife Healeth and Tendeth the Black Squire
Duration:00:05:22
XXVI: The Black Squire Telleth the Wood-Wife of His Doings Since Birdalone Went from the Castle of the Quest
Duration:00:10:51
XXVII: Sir Arthur Cometh to the House Under the Wood
Duration:00:04:00
XXVIII: Fair Days in the House of Love
Duration:00:02:35
XXIX: Those Twain Will Seek the Wisdom of the Wood-Wife
Duration:00:04:47
XXX: They Have Speech with Habundia Concerning the Green Knight and His Fellows
Duration:00:03:59
XXXI: Habundia Cometh with Tidings of Those Dear Friends
Duration:00:08:54
XXXII: Of the Fight in the Forest and the Rescue of Those Friends from the Men of the Red Company
Duration:00:10:40
XXXIII: Viridis Telleth the Tale of Their Seeking
Duration:00:10:54
The Seventh Part: The Days of Returning
Duration:00:00:06
I: Sir Hugh Asketh Birdalone Where She Would Have the Abode of Their Fellowship to Be
Duration:00:05:27
II: Birdalone Taketh Counsel with Her Wood-Mother Concerning the Matter of Sir Hugh
Duration:00:05:05
III: Of the Journeying Through the Forest of Evilshaw Unto the Town of Utterhay
Duration:00:12:13
IV: Of the Abiding in Utterhay in Love and Contentment
Duration:00:04:39