The Well at the World’s End

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The Well at the World’s End is a late-19th-century fantasy novel by William Morris that follows a young prince’s quest to find a magical well granting strength and long life, and is considered a foundational work of modern fantasy literature.

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instanceOf fantasy novel
literary work
novel
author William Morris
centralMotif quest for a magical well
centralObject The Well at the World’s End self-linksurface differs
surface form: the Well at the World’s End
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
feature magical well granting strength and long life
firstPublicationDate 1896
genre fantasy
romance
hasFormat prose narrative
hasIllustrator William Morris
hasInfluenceOnGenre high fantasy
quest fantasy
hasPart The End of the Journey
The Gates of the World
The Well at the World’s End self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Road to the Well at the World’s End

The Road unto Love
hasReprint Ballantine Adult Fantasy series
surface form: Ballantine Adult Fantasy series edition
hasSubject chivalry
fate and destiny
moral testing of the hero
hasTargetAudience adult readers
influenced C. S. Lewis
J. R. R. Tolkien
modern fantasy literature
isConsidered foundational work of modern fantasy
isPartOf early modern fantasy canon
literaryMovement late Victorian literature
mainCharacter Ralph of Upmeads
narrativeStyle archaic, pseudo-medieval prose
notableFor detailed secondary world-building
early use of the heroic quest motif in modern fantasy
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
protagonist Ralph of Upmeads
publicationCentury 19th century
publisher Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
surface form: Longmans, Green and Co.
setting imaginary medieval world
structure two-volume novel
theme adventure
love
personal growth
quest
timePeriodOfSetting pseudo-medieval era

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William Morris notableWork The Well at the World’s End
The Well at the World’s End hasPart The Well at the World’s End self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Road to the Well at the World’s End
The Well at the World’s End centralObject The Well at the World’s End self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: the Well at the World’s End