The Well at the World's End

1896

William Morris's 1896 romance, and one of the books that made the modern fantasy quest. Ralph, youngest son of the little kingdom of Upmeads, rides out against his father's wishes after a rumour of a well at the world's end whose water gives long life and good fortune, and spends four books being captured, ransomed, loved and bereaved on the way there and back. A hundred and nineteen chapters across four books.