William Morris
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Příběh o Třpytivé rovině
Mladý rytíř Hallblith z rodu Ravenů vyráží na zdánlivě beznadějnou pouť za záchranou své milované snoubenky Hostage, jež byla unesena neznámo kým a neznámo kam. Nepříznivé cesty osudu ho zavedou až na mýtický ostrov, na němž leží země Třpytivé roviny, kterou též zvou zemí Nehynoucích. Na tomto místě hrdina nachází mnoho podivného a to, že zde lidé neumírají, je jen jedna ze záhad Třpytivé roviny. Porazí láska v Hallblithově srdci všechny nástrahy a svody? Nalezne svou drahou Hostage? A podaří se mu najít cestu zpět domů?
Vůbec poprvé si můžete v češtině vychutnat jeden z prvních fantasy románů. Příběh o Třpytivé rovině je často řazen mezi nejvýznamnější díla celého žánru a neměl by chybět v knihovně žádného fantasy nadšence.
William Morris položil základní kámen vysoké fantasy právě tímto příběhem. Zásadně tak ovlivnil tvorbu dalších autorů. K jeho dílu se často odkazoval zejména J. R. R. Tolkien, a román tedy lze doporučit všem milovníkům Pána prstenů.
Studna na konci světa
Tento slavný román byl nejen jedním z prvních zástupců tzv. vysoké fantasy, ale často bývá řazen mezi největší fantasy romány vůbec. Jeho vliv na celý žánr je nepopiratelný a v úctě ho chovali především Morrisem ovlivnění velikáni J. R. R. Tolkien a C. S. Lewis.
Romantický příběh o cestě mladého rytíře Ralfa za dobrodružstvím vám připomene středověkou literaturu, okouzlí vás poetickým jazykem a překvapí neobvyklou příběhovou skladbou. Kdo se nenapil ze Studny na konci světa, nemůže si myslet, že má obšírnější představu o čarovnosti a bohatosti nejkrásnějšího literárního žánru. Pro milovníky fantasy je povinný doušek ze Studny dalším obohacujícím zážitkem.
A Dream of John Ball
A Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel by English author William Morris about the English peasants' revolt of 1381 and the rebel John Ball. Like the novels close contemporary - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain - it describes a dream and time travel encounter between the medieval and modern worlds. However unlike Twain's vision of a violent and chaotic "Dark Age", Morris describes a positive image of the Middle Ages, seeing it as a golden, if brief, period when peasants were prosperous and happy and guilds protected workers from exploitation.
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News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere (1890) is a classic work combining utopian socialism and soft science fiction written by the artist, designer and socialist pioneer William Morris. In the book, the narrator, William Guest, falls asleep after returning from a meeting of the Socialist League and awakes to find himself in a future society based on common ownership and democratic control of the means of production. In this society there is no private property, no big cities, no authority, no monetary system, no divorce, no courts, no prisons, and no class systems. This agrarian society functions simply because the people find pleasure in nature, and therefore they find pleasure in their work.The book explores a number of aspects of this society, including its organisation and the relationships which it engenders between people.
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The Sundering Flood
The Sundering Flood, among the last of Morris's works, was published in 1897, after his death. The beautiful prose and rich use of language are typical of Morris and fill the reader with a sense of awe and wonder. The "flood" of the title is nothing less than a river, metaphorically as well as literally dividing two lovers. And there is the fantastic, too: dwarf folk, a magic sword, and an ageless warrior to mentor the hero. All told, a delightful story certain to appeal to all lovers of classic fantasy. "C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien both acknowledged the influence of William Morris."
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The Well at the World's End
Using language with elements of the medieval tales which were his models, Morris tells the story of Ralph of Upmeads, the fourth and youngest son of a minor king, who sets out, contrary to his parents' wishes, to find knightly adventure and seek the Well at the World's End, a magic well which will confer a near-immortality and strengthened destiny on those who drink from it.Although the novel is relatively obscure by today's standards it has had a significant influence on many notable fantasy authors. C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien both seem to have found inspiration in The Well at the World's End: ancient tables of stone, a "King Peter", a quick, white horse named "Silverfax", and a character named "Gandalf" are only a few, to say nothing of Ralph's journey home as denouement, anticipating the Hobbits' return and battle for the Shire.
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The Wood Beyond the World
The Wood Beyond the World is a fantasy novel by William Morris, perhaps the first modern fantasy writer to unite an imaginary world with the element of the supernatural, and thus the precursor of much of present-day fantasy literature.When the wife of Golden Walter betrays him for another man, he leaves home on a trading voyage to avoid the necessity of a feud with her family. His efforts are fruitless, as word comes to him enroute that his wife's clan has killed his father. As a storm then carries him to a faraway country, the effect of this news is merely to sunder his last ties to his homeland.
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News from Nowhere (EN)
Audiobook News from Nowhere by William Morris. Although William Morris is known primarily as a designer, he was also a writer of poetry and prose. The novel News from Nowhere (subtitled An Epoch of Rest Being Some Chapters from a Utopian Romance) is his best-known prose work and describes a humane socialist future as experienced by William Guest, who is transplanted there from the 19th century.
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The Wood Beyond the World (EN)
When his wife cheats on him, Golden Walter leaves his mundane life to start a new one at sea. Horrific news forces him to turn around, however, but before he can reach home, a storm carries his ship to a faraway country. A country inhabited by people he has seen before. In a vison. With novels like `The Wood Beyond the World‘ (1894) William Morris has gone down in history as the forerunner for much of the modern-day fantasy genre.
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OWC News from Nowhere
News from Nowhere(1890) is the best-known prose work of William Morris and the only significant English utopia to be written since Thomas More's. The novel describes the encounter between a visitor from the nineteenth century, William Guest, and a de
centralized and humane socialist future. Set over a century after a revolutionary upheaval in 1952, these "Chapters from a Utopian Romance" recount his journey across London and up the Thames to Kelmscott Manor, Morris's own country house in Oxfordsh
ire. Drawing on the work of John Ruskin and Karl Marx, Morris's book is not only an evocative statement of his egalitarian convictions but also a distinctive contribution to the utopian tradition. Morris's rejection of state socialism and his ambitio
n to transform the relationship between humankind and the natural world, give News from Nowhere a particular resonance for modern readers. This text is based on the 1891 version, incorporating the extensive revisions made by Morris to the first editi
on. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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William Morris - Decorative designs
Soubor dekorativních vzorů od známého designerá textilů - Williama Morrise.
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William Morris ABC
With this beautifully illustrated board book, learn your first words with William Morris and his lovely designs. Starting with a for apple and ending with z for zebra, this is the perfect introduction to first words for very young children.
William Morris 123
With this beautifully illustrated board book, learn your numbers with William Morris and his lovely designs. Starting with one tree and ending with 10 butterflies, this is the perfect introduction to counting for very young children.
