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
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J. R. R. Tolkien fans who long for more of the joy they get from The Lord of the Rings will find it in the writings of William Morris. He created the literature that Tolkien brought to such perfection. As a young man writing his future wife, Tolkien mentioned the inspiration he was getting from Morris: "Amongst other work I am trying to turn one of the short stories [of the Finnish Kalevala] . . . into a short story somewhat on the lines of Morris’ romances with chunks of poetry in between."Forty-six years later, Tolkien recalled what he learned from Morris: "The Lord of the Rings was actually...
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- 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 by William Morris
- CHAPTER I—THE DWELLINGS OF MID-MARK
- CHAPTER II—THE FLITTING OF THE WAR-ARROW
- CHAPTER III—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
- CHAPTER IV—THE HOUSE FARETH TO THE WAR
- CHAPTER V—CONCERNING THE HALL-SUN
- CHAPTER VI—THEY TALK ON THE WAY TO THE FOLK-THING
- CHAPTER VII—THEY GATHER TO THE FOLK-MOTE
- CHAPTER VIII—THE FOLK-MOTE OF THE MARKMEN
- CHAPTER IX—THE ANCIENT MAN OF THE DAYLINGS
- CHAPTER X—THAT CARLINE COMETH TO THE ROOF OF THE WOLFINGS
- CHAPTER XI—THE HALL-SUN SPEAKETH
- CHAPTER XII—TIDINGS OF THE BATTLE IN MIRKWOOD
- CHAPTER XIII—THE HALL-SUN SAITH ANOTHER WORD
- CHAPTER XIV—THE HALL-SUN IS CAREFUL CONCERNING THE PASSES OF THE WOOD
- CHAPTER XV—THEY HEAR TELL OF THE BATTLE ON THE RIDGE
- CHAPTER XVI—HOW THE DWARF-WROUGHT HAUBERK WAS BROUGHT AWAY FROM THE HALL OF THE DAYLINGS
- CHAPTER XVII—THE WOOD-SUN SPEAKETH WITH THIODOLF
- CHAPTER XVIII—TIDINGS BROUGHT TO THE WAIN-BURG
- CHAPTER XIX—THOSE MESSENGERS COME TO THIODOLF
- CHAPTER XX—OTTER AND HIS FOLK COME INTO MID-MARK
- CHAPTER XXI—THEY BICKER ABOUT THE FORD
- CHAPTER XXII—OTTER FALLS ON AGAINST HIS WILL
- CHAPTER XXIII—THIODOLF MEETETH THE ROMANS IN THE WOLFING MEADOW
- CHAPTER XXIV—THE GOTHS ARE OVERTHROWN BY THE ROMANS
- CHAPTER XXV—THE HOST OF THE MARKMEN COMETH INTO THE WILD-WOOD
- CHAPTER XXVI—THIODOLF TALKETH WITH THE WOOD-SUN
- CHAPTER XXVII—THEY WEND TO THE MORNING BATTLE
- CHAPTER XXVIII—OF THE STORM OF DAWNING
- CHAPTER XXI—OF THIODOLF’S STORM
- CHAPTER XXX—THIODOLF IS BORNE OUT OF THE HALL AND OTTER IS LAID BESIDE HIM
- CHAPTER XXXI—OLD ASMUND SPEAKETH OVER THE WAR-DUKES: THE DEAD ARE LAID IN MOUND
- FOOTNOTES
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