William Morris 2 hr 38 min read

In the woodland kingdom of Oakenrealm, a dispossessed young heir and a captive maiden move toward their destined love.

William Morris's 1895 romance, adapted from a medieval tale, weaves his signature archaic, tapestry-rich prose into a fairy-tale of lost inheritance and true love. A gentle, beautiful late work from the founder of modern fantasy. Read it for the lyrical medievalism of a writer who shaped everything from Tolkien to Lewis.

In its time

Published in 1895, during the 1890s, wells arrives.

Reading it

2 hr 38 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).