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Streszczenie książki Studnia na Krańcu Świata
- 8 min czytania
- 10 parts
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A king's youngest son slips away from Upmeads and rides south in search of a spring at the world's end.
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Studnia na Krańcu Świata — najważniejsze informacje
Streszczenie: 8 min czytania
- Czas czytania
- Około 14 h 10 min11 h 15 min fast, 16 h 55 min slow
- Długość
- Liczba słów: 202 600
- Poziom trudności w bibliotece
- Wymagająca lektura long sentences, a rich vocabulary
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 1896by William Morris
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Studnia na Krańcu Świata in short
The Well at the World's End follows Ralph, the youngest son of a small king, from a drawn straw to the far edge of the world. He rides through an abbey, a perilous wood, a town built on slavery, a castle of plenty, and the cruel House of Utterbol. He meets a lady of the wildwood and a maiden named Ursula who seeks the same Well.
What Studnia na Krańcu Świata is about
What would you do if your father let chance decide your whole life? In The Well at the World's End, King Peter of Upmeads sends his four sons to a crossroads called the Want-way and has them draw straws. Ralph, the youngest, draws the shortest straw and must stay home. He does not stay.
William Morris, the English poet, designer and socialist, wrote this romance near the end of his life, in the voice of the old tales. The book gives you the whole road: an abbey, a forest that earns its name, a city of slaves, a castle of plenty, and mountains no map shows. You also learn what the Well is said to do. It eases weariness, wins hearts and may give years beyond counting.
Dla kogo. You will love this book if you enjoy quests, hidden springs and forest roads, old tales of knights and wise women, tender love, and a hero who grows from a boy into a leader of men.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
Chance sends three sons out and one home
King Peter rules the small land of Upmeads, and his four sons long for a wider world. At last he agrees to let them go, but one must stay to care for him and his wife. He cannot choose, so he lets straws decide.
Each of the elder sons gets a squire for the road. Ralph draws the shortest straw and must go home with his father. His face grows troubled, yet he sings at supper and goes to bed merry, as if nothing were wrong.
Before dawn he hides his armor in a willow copse, saddles his horse Falcon and splashes across the ford. He rides south to Wulstead, where the merchant Clement Chapman and his wife, Dame Katherine, take him in. Katherine gives him a necklace of blue and green stones. Clement tells him that whoever drinks at the Well wins every heart, and that it lies beyond the Dry Tree.
Ralph's choice to leave is the first step of the whole book.
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A green rider, shepherds and a bright abbey
On the road to the downs Ralph meets a big armed man in a green coat marked with a leafless gold tree.
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The Wood Perilous tests a young knight
At the village of Bourton Abbas a young woman serves Ralph at an inn, and he sees she is sad.
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Roger and the Burg of the Four Friths
A woodman named Roger saves Ralph from riders of the Dry Tree and takes him to the Burg of the Four Friths.
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A castle of plenty and a lady who does not come
Roger brings Ralph to a white castle in a wide valley and leaves at once, telling him to stay two days.
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The knight of the sun and the love in the wildwood
One day Ralph finds the Lady by a pool in the forest, in the power of a huge knight who wears a sun on his armor.
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Merchants, mountains and the House of Utterbol
After his grief Ralph rides on and meets his brother Blaise, now a rich merchant in Whitwall.
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Desire, the quest and what one pays for it
The book keeps asking what a person truly wants.
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Tyrants, free peoples and good rule
Almost every place Ralph visits is a kind of government, and Morris judges each one.
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How the old tale is told
Morris tells the story in a plain, old-fashioned voice, with names like the Want-way, the Wood Perilous and the Dry Tree.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Ralph of Upmeads The youngest son of King Peter, he steals away from home to see the world and seeks the Well at the World's End.
- Ursula A farm maiden from Bourton Abbas, brave and clever, who sets out alone for the Well and crosses Ralph's path again and again.
- The Lady of Abundance A beautiful, long-lived woman of the wildwood, loved by country folk and feared by powerful men, who has secrets about the Well.
- Roger of the Rope-walk A rough woodman and loyal man of the Dry Tree who leads Ralph out of danger and keeps faith with his Lady.
- Richard the Red Blaise's old squire, wise and plainspoken, who treats Ralph like a foster son and helps him follow the quest.
- Clement Chapman A prosperous merchant of Wulstead who tells Ralph more about the Well and later guides him through the mountains.
- Dame Katherine Clement's wife and Ralph's godmother, who gives him the necklace and money and loves him as the son she never had.
- The Sage of Swevenham A wise old man who owns an ancient book and teaches the seekers the road to the Well.
How it ends (spoiler)
Ralph and Ursula reach the Well at the edge of the ocean, drink its water and are renewed. They return west, and Ralph learns that the exiled Burgers are marching on Upmeads. He raises the shepherds, the champions of the Dry Tree and the men of Wulstead, and wins a great victory in his home meadows. His father seats him on the throne, and Ralph rules Upmeads with Ursula beside him.
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Pytania o Studnia na Krańcu Świata
What is The Well at the World's End about?
It follows Ralph, the youngest son of the king of Upmeads, who leaves home to seek a spring said to give long life and win hearts. He meets a lady, a maiden named Ursula and many tyrants on the road.
Who is Ursula in The Well at the World's End?
Ursula is a farm girl from Bourton Abbas who first meets Ralph at an inn. She sets out alone for the Well, is enslaved for a time, and later becomes his companion and equal on the quest.
What is the Dry Tree in the book?
The Dry Tree is the sign of a fellowship of outlaw champions who live at Hampton under the Scaur. It is also a gallows in the Burg of the Four Friths and a landmark on the way to the Well.
Is The Well at the World's End a true story?
No, it is an invented romance by William Morris, written in the 1890s. It borrows from medieval tales of knights, wise women and holy springs, but its lands and people are imaginary.
Is The Well at the World's End worth reading?
Readers who like quests, forest roads, love stories and old-fashioned adventure will find a steady stream of scenes, with castles, battles, songs and a hero who grows from boy to leader.
Zacytuj to wydanie
Morris, William. The Well at the World's End. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-well-at-the-worlds-end.
Morris, W. (2026). The well at the World's End. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-well-at-the-worlds-end (Original work published 1896)
Morris, William. The Well at the World's End. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-well-at-the-worlds-end.
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