The Sundering Flood
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who love medieval-style romance and romantic adventure stories
- Students and teachers studying William Morris and nineteenth-century English literature
- Readers interested in the origins of fantasy literature and the medieval revival
- Learners who want public-domain e-books for English extensive reading practice
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer fast-paced modern genre fiction with strong conflict
- Readers unaccustomed to archaic vocabulary and extensive scenic description
- Readers who only want a Chinese translation and do not read the English original
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to get used to Morris's narrative pace and vocabulary, then decide whether to read through or select.
- Keep pen and paper to record place names and character relationships; the spatial structure of the two river banks is key to understanding the plot.
- Read alongside Morris's other novels to observe the recurring themes of his medieval imagination.
- For English extensive reading, set a fixed number of pages per day; mark archaic words first and look them up later so as not to interrupt reading.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
FAQ
Is this book the English original or a Chinese translation?
Can I read this directly without having read other works by Morris?
Is this book suitable for learning English?
What does the e-book edition contain?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
William Morris (1834–1896) was an English poet, novelist, translator and designer of the decorative arts, and a leading figure of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Born in Walthamstow, London, he founded Morris & Co. and the Kelmscott Press, moving between poetry, fiction, book design and design practice. His writing draws on classical and medieval traditions, combining the sweep of narrative poetry with the strangeness of fantasy fiction. The Earthly Paradise links poems through a frame story, News from Nowhere envisions a future society through a dream, and works such as The Water of the Wondrous Isles unfold romantic legend. His literary style, polished and richly imagistic, echoes his design ideas and has influenced later English literature and decorative art.
