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The Water of the Wondrous Isles

by William Morris

Level C1 · AdvancedFantasy109 chapters
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About this book

A mysterious woman arrives in the thriving town of Utterhay, bordering the feared and haunted Evilshaw wood, seeking shelter and offering gold to a struggling mother. What secrets does she bring from the shadowed forest beyond the walls?

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Contents

109 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

01CHAPTER I. CATCH AT UTTERHAY. · Ch.1Free
02CHAPTER II. NOW SHALL BE TOLD OF THE HOUSE BY THE WATER-SIDE.
03CHAPTER III. OF SKIN-CHANGING.
04CHAPTER IV. OF THE WAXING OF THE STOLEN CHILD.
05CHAPTER V. OF BIRDALONE, AND HOW SHE IS GROWN INTO MAIDENHOOD.
06CHAPTER VI. HEREIN IS TOLD OF BIRDALONE’S RAIMENT.
07CHAPTER VII. BIRDALONE HATH AN ADVENTURE IN THE WOOD.
08CHAPTER VIII. OF BIRDALONE AND THE WITCH-WIFE.
09CHAPTER IX. OF BIRDALONE’S SWIMMING.
10CHAPTER X. BIRDALONE COMES ON NEW TIDINGS.
11CHAPTER XI. OF BIRDALONE’S GUILT AND THE CHASTISEMENT THEREOF.
12CHAPTER XII. THE WORDS OF THE WITCH-WIFE TO BIRDALONE.

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